Quotes about Healing

A time of love and a time of grief.

There was pain in him—like a blister, all that was left of some lost yesterday that Time had pruned off him.

Until the day my father died, he couldn't let go of a wrong in his life until he made it right—first with God and then with others. I learned from my father that unconfessed sin in believers' hearts hinders their walk, their talk, and their service to God. But when it is settled with God, He restores joy and fellowship.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

Thankfully, forgiveness, and the healing it brings in its wake, has nothing to do with 'deserve.'

God can take what Satan meant for shame and use it for His glory. Just when we think we've messed up so badly that our lives are nothing but heaps of ashes, God pours His living water over us and mixes the ashes into clay. He then takes this clay and molds it into a vessel of beauty. After He fills us with His overflowing love, He can use us to pour His love into the hurting lives of others.

Rejection steals the best of who I am by reinforcing the worst of what's been said to me.

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

Sip the shame so you won't have to guzzle the regret.

A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.

On the other side of pain, there is still love.

But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.