THE PROMISES FROM GOD'S HEART

Are you brokenhearted? God's heart, the heart of Christ, there in the room with you, shares all you feel and offers to carry its full weight.

Do you feel unfree, captive, imprisoned in your life and spirit? The risen Christ, the mighty one, who comes in power without force, longs for your freedom and is able to free you.

Are you mourning, deeply sad, depressed? The Beloved grieves with you, weeps with you, sits with you in the dimness, and will send the Holy Spirit, the "Comforter."

Do you feel that your life is in ashes? If you bond with the living Jesus, you will rise from the ashes in undreamed beauty and healing power.

Have you been wounded from generations of a hurting family or some other wounded community? If you take this full pain into the Healer's heart, you will be released from the "devastations of many generations" and will release a powerful current of healing into that family history.

You may not yet be able fully to believe these promises, to trust this presence, or to feel this power. Do not try to contrive appropriate feelings. At this point, just simply hear what is being offered. The healing of truth, the ability to open to God's heart, often comes very slowly. Just rest quietly, breathing gently, while the promises from God's heart are given in your presence.

-- Flora Slosson Wuellner in Heart of Healing, Heart of Light, published by The Upper Room, Nashville, TN. Used with permission.


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