Overcoming Obstacles - Hope & Healing

This may sound very strange, but not everyone rejoices when healing occurs in the lives of others. Sometimes, people get upset when others find peace or receive attention for their transformation into a life of hope. “They should be grieving”. “They shouldn’t be this happy after all the trauma they have been through”.

Why would we not be joyful for them? Maybe we have forgotten our own healing journey. Perhaps we have embraced our pain rather than searching for hope and healing. Maybe we have allowed our identity to become wrapped up in our own victimhood. Maybe we are a little jealous, because we have not found that kind of peace in our lives. Perhaps we are not yet at a place in our lives where we are ready to celebrate with those who are healed and restored.

Yet, if we are not yet there, the love of Christ compels us to open our heart and recognize that God's healing power is infinite and available to all who seek Him. Even you. Your time will come. Seek him with your whole heart, and rejoice with those who have found their hope and healing in him.

Jeremiah 25:13
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”