While nothing can compare to the pain and suffering of loosing children to death on earth , it can be tremendously difficult to witness your children’s spirit to be crushed by another person , especially Christians in whom they placed their trust. It can be difficult to explain and the loss is real. A spirit that has been crushed by family, friends and those you trusted , especially other Christians can be extremely painful and may have everlasting consequences.. Because , in the flesh there is no prosthetic for an amputated spirit.
I have always reminded my children that man no matter who they are ; whether a professing Christian or not, all mankind possesses a sin nature and if you put all your hope in people it will fail you. While in my head I have this knowledge, I have a heart that tends to want to extend grace and place my hope in the goodness of others. We have a tendency to trust the seen ( people) rather than the unseen (God). We seem to want to lean on other Christians that we unfairly categorize as extensions of our Savior.
I find myself once again in this familiar scenario of one of my children feeling crushed and brokenhearted by people she trusted , to people she had seen as a brother or sister in Christ. To watch her cry , question God and her faith , is painful and provokes anger and desire to protect. I can understand why when new believers are hurt by fellow Christians they tend to walk away wounded or worse yet loose faith.
It is inevitable that these things will happen and you will need to seek answers and healing. Using the examples of those who have face insurmountable loss and pain like the mother who looses her child , it is only by going to God, leaning on Him will you find true healing. He can heal the crushed spirit. He and He alone, can bring you restoration. He alone can lift you up. He can take your crushed spirit and rebuild you into a better, stronger person. If you feel you have lost something in your spirit life, then turn to the Lord, He can and will make you whole again.
When we need someone to lean on, when we need someone to trust in, someone who is mighty to save, tender to heal, someone who will help us, then look no further, turn to the Lord, in all circumstances. The Bible says in Psalm 25:2 , “O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on, and am confident in You.”
I am confident as she leans on you my Lord, she will find all that she needs to lift her up, heal her heart and give her the strength to go on, with a new positive attitude.
