Finding Healing and Scriptures for a Broken Heart

Having faith, looking up, being positive; all these things are happening for me lately. I am learning, I am growing, I am making changes. And yet, I am still not immune to that totally heart broken feeling when I perceive that I am not valued in the way I want.

Honoring others in our relationships doesn't guarantee that they will give us the same in return. Putting others first doesn't mean they will think of us first. Placing people in a position of esteem doesn't give us back the esteem we desire.

Treating others as we want to be treated doesn't make them treat us as such. It is a process and maybe not a quick one or a sure one. I don't think we give up and quit trying when this happens, but for me I need something to help me seek healing.

Feeling broken hearted and dejected, I need to have good scripture to fall back on and give me the strength to get up and do it again. Even when I don't feel of importance to others, I can always be strong in the knowledge that I am important to God.

Showing that Christian love to others means that sometimes you are giving more than you are getting in return. When I learn how to give without any expectation of a return then I might not feel offended and hurt so easily. If I were able to do better at not taking offense, maybe I could avoid feeling broken hearted. If I were able to keep pride away and be more selfless then I wouldn't be so much in need of these. As it is, where I stand, these following scriptures are giving me what I need for encouragement, strength and perseverance.

"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:26

"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." 1 Corinthians 13:7

Resources
Day 76 - A Mother's Contemplations

Open Bible - Verses About Healing A Broken Heart