I AM RESTORED

“This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.” Psalm 119:50

When things hurt me, I don’t have to stay hurt.

Injury is a conflicting process. When dealing with a physical injury your process to healing is affected by many things: how you sustain the injury, when you’re injured, the prognosis from the doctors, and your support system. All these contributing factors affect your emotions and how they will either support or block your road to healing. But what about those emotional injuries? What about the pain that doesn’t have a visible source… the pain that hurts your heart most of all. Believe it or not, the same affects apply. But this time more of the work comes from you. There are no physical tests that a doctor can perform to tell you how your healing is coming along. Your support system can’t see you limping and come running. The x-rays won’t show your heart is still weak and broken from the hurt inflicted on it. So you have to take charge.

How can you do that? Well it’s definitely easier said than done. The road to emotional healing is hard and long when the hurt runs deep. But restoration is YOURS and we’re going to affirm our way down that healing path. Let’s go!

Affirmation 1: Happiness is possible. I know sometimes it feels like you’ll never be happy again. That you’ll never love or be loved again, that nothing will ever make it better. And maybe it will take much longer than you’d like. But happiness is not an emotion that can easily be plucked from your mind. If you have had experiences with Joy, she will forever do what she can to return to you, you just have to be open to her presence. See, a lot of the time, happiness is harder to obtain because we feel guilty for feeling it when we think we should be sad. We push it down and turn it away to force ourselves into a wallow that will be all consuming if we’re not careful. Let happiness be possible in your life, let her have her place.

Affirmation 2: The road is harder when taken alone. You don’t have to walk the road to recovery by yourself. True, the majority of the work has to come from within because it’s YOUR healing and you should own it. But having arms to fall into and love to surround yourself with as you endure that process is so special. And there is also therapy that can help you. Having someone who is completely objective to give you insight, tools, and support is wonderful “medicine” as well.

Affirmation 3: Don’t forget the promise. In Psalms, David writes “This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.” (Psalm 119:50) The promise gives you LIFE. And life is more than breath in your body. Life is an experience worth cherishing and improving on every day. If you can remember the promise, then walking to restoration becomes worth so much more.

My friends, I love you all. And I pray restoration over you and speak restoration into your life. It is my sincere hope that you do not allow hurt to become your permanent daily walk and you embrace that hurt only enough to honor it and learn from it. I know it won’t be easy, but it will be worth it, the lessons you learn. I love you, and as always, I’m rooting for you! Keep conquering daily!