He Heals...

I am sitting here studying scripture and preparing my heart for Student Ministry this weekend....and one verse just keeps playing over and over in my head...I can't concentrate...It's all I can think about...

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds"

Psalm 147:3

I am broken....HE can heal me...

As I am writing this blog....a song is playing...Kari Jobe "Find You on My Knees"

"But I will find you in the place I'm in, Find you when I'm at my end, Find you when there's nothing left of me to offer you except for brokenness"

Obviously, in this moment God is reminding me that HE can heal me...only HE has the power to heal my brokenness. It is my brokenness that will allow me to find HIM. 

When things are tough (no matter how tough) we have to run to Him...He is our refuge....He is our protector. We all need to be reminded at times that we need NOT to focus on earthly things, but instead focus above. 

" The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him" 

Nahum 1:7

"I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name"

Psalm 91:14

Why do we lose sight that God is our protector? Why do we focus on earthly things in times of trouble? Why is it so hard to just SURRENDER and ask GOD for help?

I am the first to admit...I allow my own control issues impact my relationship with the LORD. I always think..."I got this"....but in reality I DON'T!

We need to remember that God is our healer, our protector, our comforter, our Father, our shield, our EVERYTHING. All we need to do is go to HIM!

Father, you are amazing. You know exactly what we need and when. I am begging you to give me the strength and courage to come to YOU when I am broken. Father, I am BROKEN, please heal my brokenness. 2 Corinthians says that we cannot be destroyed, we cannot be abandoned. I pray that I remember YOU are my healer. I pray that I come to your for wisdom in times or need as it says in James 1, without doubt. 

I am broken....but GOD can and will heal me!

It's been a while...

Okay...so a LITTLE while is a bt of a stretch...it has actually been a LONG while! I am thinking that it has been a couple of months, so I login to read some of my old posts and realize that it has been a YEAR AND A HALF! 

So, I decided to get started I was just going to type....

Here it goes...

On thing that I learned a while ago...but God has really been reminding me lately is that I need to take ALL of my problems/issues/concerns to HIM. Not to everyone else...but to HIM.

"Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall." Psalms 55:22

"Cast all your anxiety on him becuase he cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7

Let'e be honest, the last couple of months I have NOT been casting my cares on the LORD...I have been attempting to "do it myself". For a while, everything seems okay...I "got this", I can handle it! Then....one day....everything comes crashing down and I realize...I NEED GOD! I cannot do this myself.

It is time to stop trying to do everything without going to God first. It is time to stop thinking that I don't need Him. Reality is....I need God more than I ever imagined. 

I am broken....only GOD can heal me and he loves me.

"O Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me" Psalm 30:2

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." Psalm 147:3

Father, my prayer is that I learn to cast my cares on YOU and that I surrender my all to you EVERYDAY in every situation. I ask that you give me the strength and the courage to seek you in all that I do, in every decision that needs to be made, in every word that I speak. Thank you for already healing me and continuing to love me even in my brokenness.