Quotes About Healing

It's easier to construct a more palatable life story—where I can draw straight lines from each hurt of the past to the healing I later experienced—than to face the raw truth. I prefer to neatly match each hard part of my testimony with the soft place I landed in the middle of God's grace, forgiveness, and restoration as proof I am walking in freedom.

Honesty isn't trying to hurt me. It's trying to heal me.

those who are the most eager to harshly criticize others are often the ones most desperate to keep hidden their own secret sins or unresolved pain.

Negative self-talk was a rejection from my past that I had allowed to settle into the core of who I am.

Rejection always leaves the deepest, darkest marks.

had been massively damaged. There was repentance. There was forgiveness. There was an acceptance that, just because something wasn't right for a long time, it doesn't mean it can't be made right over time. There was some healing we both did individually. And then there was the decision that it was time to heal together. There was a beautiful vow renewal.

Just because we extend forgiveness doesn't mean we keep that person in our close-knit circle.

we are to escape the natural bitterness of the human heart, we have to go through a long process as well . . . the process of being cured.

Confession breaks the cycle of chaos inside of me. Forgiveness breaks the cycle of chaos between us.

Grace given when it feels least deserved is the only antidote for bitter rot. I

Forgiveness isn't an act of my determination. Forgiveness is only made possible by my cooperation.

Let your past rejection experiences work for you instead of against you by allowing them to help you sense the possible pain behind other people's reactions.

Brokenness is what must happen before God can put the pieces back together in the way He can shine through the best.

Most people are walking around with way more hurts from their past than we can ever imagine. Pretty much everyone has at some point been deeply hurt by someone. That's your "me too.

I've felt the heavy weight of regret and I don't want to return there.

God is always at work. He is a present, loving Father, aware of our deepest hurts and our even deeper needs.

What happened yesterday can't be changed, but it can be forgiven. That's your miracle in the mess. The voices of condemnation, shame, and rejection can come at you, but they don't have to reside in you. That's your miracle in the mess.

I forgive Art for betraying my trust. And whatever my feelings don't yet allow for, the blood of Jesus will surely cover.

We cannot control our outcomes. We cannot formulate how the promises of God will actually take shape. And we will never be able to demand any of the healing from all the hurt to hurry up.

If we place our hope and future in the hands of our unchanging, unflinching God who never leaves us or forsakes us, we'll find healing and freedom.

I didn't want to open up myself to yet another possible complicated disappointment. I reasoned, Walk away early so you don't have to suffer the pain of them falling away later. Some call that protecting yourself. But I knew in my case it was called letting past hurts hurt me all over again.

But pulling away only makes things worse. God says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:13). All my heart includes the parts that are broken. Bring it all to God.

Girls who have the lingering whispers of rejection still echoing in the hollows of their soul rarely feel completely held safe.

We are to be people of truth with grace-filled words. People who choose healing and helpful words. Because whether we realize it or not, believers and unbelievers alike are listening intently to the words we speak. They're reading the words we type. And our words testify to the kind of relationship we have with Jesus and the kind of effect He has on our hearts.