When I was younger, I thought there was only one way my heart could be broken. I blame my limited thinking on all the Harlequin romances I read as a teenager — and back then, Harlequins were quite innocent.
Years later, I know a person’s heart can be broken for many different reasons:
- the end of a relationship — think of a romance or a treasured friendship or a family relationship
- the loss of a dream
- ongoing disappointment or discouragement
- continual criticism or abuse
I’ve also learned that a broken heart beats on … and chooses to love again. To risk again. To “live on,” as the poet Lord Byron wrote. A loving heart has nothing to do with being perfect. No. The most loving heart is often the one that has been broken … and is pieced back together by forgiveness and hope and unselfishness.
In Your Words: There’s no avoiding a broken heart. But how do you choose to “live on” with that brokenness?
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It is kintsugi; the cracks in the heart are repaired with the lacquer of our tears mixed with the golden dust of God’s love.
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This is a beautiful illustration, Andrew. And I do believe that God’s love heals our broken hearts.
I love Andrew’s comment. <3
It's true, a broken heart is a gift. I believe it's the means by which we learn to love and have compassion for others – to know how it feels to hurt.
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So true, Kim. The Word says we comfort others in the way we have been comforted. We help others heal in the ways our heart has been healed.
Beautiful, Beth. A broken heart is one of the most difficult pains to overcome. And it only happens as we choose to live one day at a time, choosing to trust Jesus, to bring the hurts before Him every moment. The brokenness only becomes healed and mended with Jesus’ touch on our lives.
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Jeanne: You made a good point that overcoming a broken heart happens one day at a time — it’s a slow process. A deliberate choice.
It takes a while to get over a broken heart but with the Lord’s help it eventually happens.
Sadly some are not able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We have a grieving mother in our church that lost her only son to suicide after his girlfriend broke up with him. My heart hurts for her.
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Oh, Gail. So, so sad. Suicide causes unending grief for those left behind.