4 Ways God Mends Our Heart After Sadness

Do you have a broken heart from some kind of loss? God mends our heart after sadness.

I’m no stranger to a hurting heart. You know, the kind that aches and feels shattered into a thousand pieces. 

I experienced loss when my father and friends passed away, the loss of beloved pets, and even a baby in utero.

Oh, there are many kinds of loss in our present broken world.

No doubt you’ve experienced some form of loss in your life.

Recently, we remembered the thousands of lost lives and loved ones affected by the sad events on 9/11.

And we also mourned the murder of Charlie Kirk. Charlie touched countless lives for the gospel of Jesus Christ and so many moral issues in culture. These issues are biblical as well. Let’s continue to pray for his family and loved ones.

Mends Our Heart

Perhaps your broken heart came from losing a pet, a loved one, a relationship, or a marriage. 

Even though I’m not a stranger to heart break, I’m also not a stranger to the One who mends broken hearts. The One who has healed and mended my broken heart many times over. Especially after sadness.

Sure, life itself may never be the same again after some sadness, but God never changes and He wants to mend our broken hearts as only He can.

4 ways God mends our heart.

M – Mourn authentically and fully for our heart.

Once, a local Christian radio host gave a challenge, “Stop sanitizing grief.” Sometimes we sanitize grief and mourning and broken hearts by trying to clean it up. But this is not how God meant for us to react to a great loss. 

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