Devotion:
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Read Psalm 147:3.
Since today’s passage is only one verse, I looked it up and read it in many different translations and paraphrases. All but one of them says that God heals the “brokenhearted.” Images of real people I have known with broken hearts came to mind. There was our little three-year old daughter, standing at the window of her preschool and crying as I headed to work. There were countless persons who had lost a loved one and whose world was now shattered. I thought of more than a few people who had lost their jobs and were wondering how they and their families would get by. Being “brokenhearted” is a terribly sad condition! Over the years, I have observed how God heals broken hearts and binds up wounds. When families lose a loved one or a person loses their job or some other tragedy hits someone, my first thought is about what their relationship with God is like. God does not cause our broken hearts; and if we turn to God, God is there to walk with us and, as time passes, to heal our hearts.
Is your heart breaking at this time? Tell God how much you are hurting and be open to his healing love. Do you know someone who is brokenhearted? Share your faith in the God who heals our broken hearts and binds up our wounds.
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