So many times in life, we struggle to move on from past hurts. These hurts can rear their head through panic attacks, fears, anxiety, and anger. Sometimes we don’t understand why certain things happen and why they don’t go away or change in a certain amount of time. They haunt our minds and bring stress to our bodies. But God is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. He is also a God who heals. This isn’t just about the physical aspect of the body. While that is something God can do, he can also heal traumas that have been inserted into our nervous systems.

God has never forgotten us, and he hasn’t left us to walk alone. Instead, he heals us, knowing well our pain, sorrow, anger, and frustration. He encourages us by saying, “but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved,” (Matthew 24:13).

So it's ok to let go. It’s hard, it’s troubling, it can even bring anger that feels like it may never change. But God came to carry our burdens. He never wanted us to carry them alone.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help us keep going and live by this, “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,” (Philippians 3:13). Deliver us from past hurt and mistakes along with other people’s mistakes around us. And Lord, we thank you for not forgetting our hurts but rather carrying our yoke upon You so we may learn from You. Matthew 19:26, “ . . .with God all things are possible.” In Jesus name I pray, Amen.