Until you’ve walked through a deep heart grief, you’ll likely not understand the decisions some must make in order to stay on the healing path with Christ.

It’s often hard to heal in the same places you were broken. At times, you’ll have to close every door to the devil where he might gladly shoot arrows of reminders that could easily send a healing heart into a fresh tailspin.

Grief is a beast.

It hurls some mighty blows and is relentless on the unsuspecting mind.

Some griefs are sudden, and you find yourself years later still trying to figure out how it all happened.

Guard your sweet heart when you can. For the devil does not take a vacation while you’re grieving. No, he unleashes all of Hell to assault you while you’re down.

Sometimes good ideas of reminiscing sound lovely until you feel that same arrow pierce once again. That devil knows exactly where to aim my friends.

The Lord has ever so gently had to teach me how to guard my heart from being re-traumatized. I used to keep going back for more until I discovered the error in that mindset. The enemy would take full advantage of my vulnerability.

Trauma is personal and a heart carries the full weight of the pain uniquely. Patience and intentionality are so important and mostly sitting regularly with Jesus, so He can tend your wounds is critical. He is the binder of the broken heart.

When the heart won’t heal you’ll have to decide with wisdom and Holy Spirit what paths will lead to healing or which ones might carry you back to destruction. Choose well.

The devil is after your destiny and if He can keep you wounded again, and again he will succeed.

It is surely a matter of “setting your face like flint.”

Do not be unaware of the devil’s schemes.

Go with Jesus. He knows what you need when the heart won’t heal.