Heal the Wounds

Through the years, maybe, just maybe, you have come to be like me.

A happy person —a person who loves God and who trusts in His providence, power, and provision. However, at the same time, you have become a person who has scars that linger in the background. Wounds from people in our lives or from situations. These wounds effectively remind us that there is still room for growth and pain that needs to be lifted from our hearts. Some fears do not let you be completely free to trust God in a perfect way, fears that plant seeds of doubt. My verse for 2020 was Isaiah 61:1, 2, specifically where it says, “He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted” (NIV).

By March 2020, a lot had happened in my country.

After a heated political atmosphere and regional elections, we were quarantined by COVID-19. But even in the middle of all of this and without knowing what would happen tomorrow or even in the rest of the year, I knew that no matter what, God is with us, and He will use every situation to heal our wounds and free us of fear and doubt —if we let Him work in us. Our hearts need to be bandaged and cared for in a way that only God can work out. We each need personalized attention and care because each person has their own set of needs and each person feels pain differently.

Our emotions and bodies need rest from the chaos of living and daily routine. Our families need time to slow down. As women, we need someone to take care of us because we are too busy taking care of everyone else.

Yes, my sisters, 2023 is also a year to let God heal us—be restored and complete in Him. God wants us to be happy, and only He can give us perfect happiness. Let us ask Him to heal our wounds today.

Yvita Antonette Villalona Bacchus