God Longs To Heal Your Broken Heart

As we start the year, we need God’s love more than ever. We need God’s healing love.

Every day, our hearts are exposed to many things that could only break it in two. And all we have is Him who has promised never to forsake us no matter what we’re going through.

So if you’re hurting now, if you feel abandoned, or if the world just suddenly seemed a darker place in your search for happiness, take heart. The Lord of Compassion will never let you down.

Below is a free book you may want to download when you subscribe.

I have compiled its contents from some of my previous writings and they are short enough to be read within the day. You may also wish to read the other articles that follow. I pray for you, and I hope you pray for me, too. God bless you always and draw you closer to His love!

Why Letting Go Is One of the Most Catastrophic Things That Could Happen to You

Some people talk about letting go as though it were a very easy thing to do.

People talk as though letting go is only about letting the bad things go and moving happily on from there. But the truth is that when you let go, you must also accept losing all the good things you’ve been holding on to.

To let go, you must separate yourself from something that has been a very important part of you.

 Many times, it means a catastrophic shattering of your connection to almost everything it has touched in your life.

When you let go, you suffer a kind of fall that makes you not only sad but very much afraid. It’s a feeling of being lost, of suffocating in darkness, of being so empty you feel like you don’t know yourself anymore.

And that is why it’s called a broken heart.

Because something has broken within you, in the very core of who you are. In a way, you let go of yourself. You risk losing who you’ve been so you can find yourself again. You risk being shattered so you can be healed, so you can be whole again.

Not in the way you were before, but into another kind of person, a new person. A person with scars and tears, and yes, a person with new-found strength and wisdom, too.

As you let go of everything, good and bad, you become open to starting anew. You open yourself into receiving what you’ve always needed and you grow.

Gradually, you pick up the new pieces of your life as you gain a new heart and a new pair of eyes. Eyes that can finally see all the things you failed to see. Eyes that can dream again and hope again. It may not be easy, but you begin and you trust that if you can endure being broken, you’d eventually find your way to peace.

Romantic Love Versus True Love

When people speak about love, they often speak about romantic love. They speak as though it’s the only love there is.

People write poems about this type of love. People watch movies showing how powerful this love can be.

But what we often fail to see is that romantic love is not everything. It could be the beginning, but it is certainly not the end.

When we stay in this type of love, we remain trapped in a kind of love that depends solely upon our emotions.

Are we surprised then if this is that love that often breaks our hearts in two?

Here’s a list of things that differentiate romantic love from true love:

Romantic love fades, true love stays.
Romantic love is selfish, true love is selfless.
Romantic love falls often into illusion, true love is brave enough to stand with the truth.
Romantic love can deceive you, true love bears a sincere and open heart.
Romantic love can imprison you, true love sets you free.
Romantic love makes you blind, true love allows you to see.
Romantic love preys on your weakness, true love makes you strong.
Romantic love talks, true love listens.
Romantic love takes, true love gives away.
Romantic love sends you worries, true love gives you peace.
Romantic love often breaks you, true love heals and makes you whole.
Romantic love offers temporary happiness, true love gives you lasting joy.
What else could be greater than romantic love? True love.

“There is no need to be dismayed if love sometimes follows torturous ways. Grace has the power to make straight the paths of human love.” – Pope John Paul II

“You know that the foundation of the world is love, so that even when no human being can or will help you, you may go on, trusting in the One who loves you.” – Joseph Ratzinger, Jesus of Nazareth