Heather, you're ugly, not good enough, you cannot trust others and you'll never amount to anything. Ever felt that way? Yeah, I used to. These were the lies that I used to believe about myself and others.
The enemy of your soul, Satan, wants to whisper lies into your heart. He wants you to believe that you cannot trust anyone. When your life is hit by devastation and heartache the lie that he whispers is for you to put up a wall, to become callous towards life and towards others. His deception tells you that the only person that you can trust is yourself. His desires for you are never good, but only for your destruction. His purposes for you are not for your healing, but to your detriment he will do everything he can to keep you from experiencing true freedom.
So what are we to do with our wounded hearts? Jesus Christ says, " The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."- John 10:10
Yes, isn't that such good news? Jesus Christ says that Satan has come only to steal, kill and destroy but that He has come to offer us life, real life, abundant life!
Abundant life, for you, really? It's true. For the one who turns to the Lord Jesus for forgiveness and clings tightly to Him, our Lord says that he will give you life and life to the full!
I don't know many people who are truly full. I know a lot of wounded people with bitterness and pain. They walk around with their cup hoping that others will fill it. They look to their status in the community, their possessions, relationships, and the like, to fill them with joy and satisfaction and although it may bring them temporal happiness it does not bring them lasting joy.
Yet, I know a healer. Jesus Christ wants to fill you with more of himself and His attributes, love and joy, peace and kindness, gentleness and faithfulness, self-control and selflessness. His desires for you are always good. Although, He never promises to keep you from the pain, He promises to never leave you and that if you let Him, He will heal you.
As I've clung so tightly to the Lord Jesus these past years and have sought His healing He has given me a new perspective. This is now, by the grace of God, what I believe about myself.
Heather, you are loved, you are a new creation, you are beautiful, valuable, have a great purpose and you can trust others. Most of all you can trust in Jesus, because His desires and purposes for you are to heal you and to set you free.
Satan wants you to be a prisoner, but I say to you, Jesus Christ wants to set you free, will you let Him today?
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