Speak to My Heart, God by Kay Arthur

Author:Kay Arthur
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Published: 2010-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

My Response to His Words…

Words of

TRUST

When Your Heart Aches

Have you ever had to deal with a recurring heartache?

Maybe it’s something from your past. Maybe it’s something you are having to live through right now. But whether past or present, it weighs heavily. Life seems harder. The hurt and heaviness hang like a dark cloud between you and joy.

You want to cry…but you know if you do it might go on for days. And although tears might relieve the pressure, you know they wouldn’t change a thing.

You wish you could write it off…or, if it’s a person, you wish you could just forget them. But despite the tears, the pain, the torture, you can’t seem to let go.

Sometimes running away from the heartache seems attractive, but would running away really solve it?

You look at others…they seem so happy.

You sigh wistfully and wish things had been different

in your life

in your situation

in your relationships

in your experiences.

You wish you had known better,

had done differently.

Others seem to have what you would like to have…

in their relationships

in their circumstances of life.…

Emotionally, materially, spiritually, physically, intellectually, professionally…you feel: “They won…and I lost.”

Maybe because you smile, no one knows.

Maybe because you cover up, no one suspects.

Maybe because you are silent, no one can share, relate, and give you hope.

So you feel locked away in loneliness…and your heart hurts.

The happiness of others only makes your pain worse. It shouldn’t. You want to rejoice for them, but you can’t. You hurt too much.

Sometimes you may even have to deal with envy…with jealousy…or with grief…or anger…or depression…or wanting to die.

I do understand, Beloved, because at one time or another I have had to deal with all of this. And more and more as I read our mail, I know I am not alone. Christians are not exempt from heartache.

Yet, though not exempt, we do have the means to endure heartache without falling apart!

For this we have Jesus…His grace, His sufficiency.

For this we have His Word…His promises, His wisdom.

If I did not know that to be true, I couldn’t keep on keeping on…through my own heartache…and through our ministry which exposes us to so many who are burdened with incredibly heavy and overwhelming heartaches.

Teaching people the Word, showing them where to turn in the midst of their pain and confusion, helping them develop and deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ is what makes the difference.

I cannot change their circumstances; I cannot cure their heartache. I cannot change my own circumstances or cure my own heartache! But I know Who can. And I have learned that despite heartache I can go on and my life can be effective…and is probably more effective because of it!

And because I know this on a personal level, I have the same message for others. The cure for your heartache is found in the Great Physician, Jehovah-rapha, and in His healing balm of Gilead, the Word of God.

As a matter of fact, I believe that people who have heartaches and who, in the midst of those heartaches, cling to God and to His Word will be those who are the most greatly used of God to impact their world.

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