"Healing Wounds"

"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." Psalm 147:3

A wound is a serious matter and not one that should be overlooked. If it isn't properly treated it can lead to serious complications and even death in some cases. Wound care is critical, but wound healing is much more needed. 

When a wound isn't healed, it becomes subject to infection. Infection happens when the wound is left open and bacteria enter into it. At that point you have some serious health problems that can occur. 

I have been talking about physical wounds, but we can also have a wounded heart/spirit. Through a whole list of things our hearts can become wounded and broken. Just like a physical wound, we need to get our hearts healed or it can lead to more serious problems.  When the wounds in our heart aren't treated and are left "open", they become susceptible to infections and diseases.  An open wound is easy prey for bacteria. An open wound in our hearts is easy prey for "spiritual bacteria". The primary one is bitterness.  Bitterness is an indication that we have a wounded heart that has not been healed. When bitterness comes in, it destroys the heart, it defiles all those that are around it, it becomes a breeding ground for hate, envy, jealousy, revenge, self-pity, a hostile attitude, fear, mistrust and a host of other "infections".

How do we get a wounded heart healed? The same way you get a physical wound healed. You go to the doctor and take treatments. To heal a wounded heart you go to the Great Physican. Then you let Him pour in the oil and wine, the healing balm that is in Gilead, and bind up your wounds. 

The difference between a physical wound and a wounded heart is that even with treatment and care a physical wound won't always heal. But when the Great Physican (Jesus) applies His healing stripes, it is always healed, and it is healed from the inside out, and not just surfaced healed. 

The key to any healing- physical or spiritual- is treatment. If you don't go, you won't receive the needed treatment to be healed. If you don't go to Jesus, if you try to heal it on your own, if you ignore it, if you wallow in your hurt, you will never be healed and you run the great risk of being "infected"... an infection is harder to heal and takes longer. Be healed today!

Have a great day. If you have a wounded heart go to Jesus for healing before it gets infected with something worse.  

For further reading:

Psalm 34:8- The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Psalm 51:17 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Proverbs 15:13 - A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 17:22 - A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.