Can a Broken Heart be Healed?
"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love." (1 John 4:18)
Heart to Heart
A Dedication from My Heart to Your Heart
This is dedicated to all those very lovely friends here in HP Town whose loving hearts have been stomped on by those who are just out to collect as many hearts as they are able, despite the pain inflicted and left behind. I have read the most heartrending poetry about how true hearts have been broken into pieces. All of these lovely persons (both men and women) are such caring and loving persons who deserve to be treated better and know of that true love from another.
Enjoy this very dramatic video! "Who do you think you are?"
"The Ice Inside Your Soul . . ."
That Emotional Aching Inside Your Chest
One can experience a “broken heart” when one is deeply disappointed or grieved over a life circumstance when we lose a loved one, whether a spouse, child or even a beloved pet.
Then there is the other matter of when one’s heart is completely shattered to pieces by someone we thought truly loved us, but it was just a big lie. And to further the agony that person attempts to come back into our lives and continue to further damage our already broken hearts.
Not a Pretty Sight
What does Your Picture of Love Look Like?
Does your picture of love look like this?
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
If your picture of love looks a lot different than that of the above-quoted scripture of what true love really looks like, then there may be cause for concern.
Let's Peek Inside Your Heart and See What is Going On . . . Well Maybe not too much Peeking : )
After my morning devotion and time spent with Him, these words were burned into my heart, and so I share them with you . . .
Poem ~ Anguish of Heart
Oh, my lovely darlings,
Your hearts wrench within you
With emotional flooding
Mourning in complaint
Weary from the treachery and ingratitude of men
Longing to hide
Needing rest, so that you may know of that quietness
Without contortion from your sorrowful soul
Exceeding in pain
When your heart like wax, melts
You are utterly crushed
Sighing is your daily consumption
And your groans pour out of you
You are numb
You shake and are very saddened
You are completely devastated
Crying out loudly for your heart is in turmoil
You are broken beyond measure
For that net was spread for your feet
And made you desolate
Your eyes fail from weeping
Because of this, your hearts are faint
And your eyes grow dim
As you were smitten unto excess
So much pain, no words to describe the feeling
Your distress and hurting seem too great to bear
Grasping for words to describe the depth of the pain
You are paralyzed, suffering acutely
Unable to think clearly
Allow Your Hearts to Fly free on the Wings of a Dove
“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit (Psalms 34:18).”
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. (Psalms 147:3)”
Poem ~ Hope for the Heart ~
Oh, my lovely darlings,
I desire to bring hope to your hurting hearts
My hope is that my prayer is a salve for every sore,
And a relief to the spirit under every burden
That you change your focus
Away from your own pain
To the Lord’s love,
Thereby, reminding of God’s faithfulness
May the men and women in your lives be the wisest and best
Those who covet peace and quietness
Oh, my lovely darlings,
Fly away and be at rest as on the wings of a dove!
Poll
Have you experienced a broken heart at the hands of one who seems to collect hearts and who attempts to return to cause more agony?
Woo hoo good one here ~ "You stole my happy" and that is not good when that happens . . .
Faith believes that God will plant the seeds of hope for tomorrow in the garden of our hearts today.
— Janet L. Weaver SmithAllow a loving heart and hands to hold your broken heart.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." (Matthew 5:6)
"You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book." (Psalm 56:8)
There Will Always be Something Missing . . .
Even when we are in a good relationship and all is going well in our lives . . . in love, family, friends, finances, etc., there will always be that hole inside of us that, no matter what, seems to never be satisfied . . . and, as for me, that hole was filled with having that personal and intimate relationship with Him, who is truly the only One who can satisfy in this life. This has just been my experience.
He places your tears in a bottle. Now, what does that mean? God knows your sorrows and struggles. He knows every tear that you shed. If your God knows and cares for the birds of the air and all other living creatures, He certainly knows and cares about your situation.
I love you all and my heart aches terribly when I know your heart is broken.
© Copyright Faith Reaper, June 19, 2013
"To know You, is to feel the pain of the brokenhearted . . . You're all that satisfies."
Comments
Faith you truly have to go through heartbreak to know love a second time and when you open up your heart a second time you will find more love than you could ever imagine.
Thumb-up UABI and shared
Blessings and Hugs dear friend
Well dear one.. let me shame myself for being so long away from your writing.. I must say you still are the best at hubs.. at life and faith in the Lord above... that being said ..I have missed being here.. and missed conversing with you ..
great hub Tree... of course as always..
love the video and accompanying images.....
hope all is well with you.. and your family... bless you ..
Michael
Hi Faith, I just read your lovely comment on my new poem, "Finding Freedom," and I decided to pay your page a visit. To my surprise, I saw this article staring me right in the face. I think it was fate.
This was a great article to encourage others who have experienced heartbreak. You are such a caring and loving person. I loved the poems you added as well. How funny is it that we picked the same song for our heartbreak hubs...."Jar of Hearts"
Love gone wrong can be heart wrenching but for me when it did it turned to be one of the best things that ever happened in my life .
I found a new love who made me feel loved and made me find the me that I had lost.
Beautifully shared Faith... You are a precious soul and I am blessed to have 'met' you.
Love and blessings and hugs on the way via those precious Angels.
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Voted up+++ and shared
This is so very detailed with so much love for those who are hurting.
I really am blessed every time I stop in. I don't know how I missed this one. Just beautiful! Voted this Up to the angels and shared, tweet and facebook! This is definitely worth sending to as many who need to know that " if their hearts are broken, let the Lord God, who really loves hold them close and help to heal their broken hearts."
Blessings always..
Excellent job here.Broken heart will turn into a stronger one within hope, without it ,it will remain the same.Voted up!
Many hugs and much love to you, my dearest friend Faith !
Tijani
Hello Faith,
What a beautiful and touching hub, both sad and inspiring. It could have also been called "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted".
I saw one of your comments on a hub by the wonderful Nellieanna and had to check your profile. Glad I did. 1 Corithians 13: 4-7 is one of my favorite Biblical quotes. To write things so touching as you have only comes from someone who has experienced heartbreak themselves. keep up the good work. Now I have to check out more of your hubs, and please if you have the time take a peak at mine 'Love and Other Muses".
Faith there is nothing like heartbreak or ache that can disrupt the whole body it's an unexplainable feeling I don't think anyone can ever express that feeling that digs and grates the heart inside.
Thanks for sharing , a blessed weekend to you and your family ;)
Took awhile to get down here. LOL Beautiful words of wisdom as always Faith. True story, I know that God brought my wife and I together. Both of us prayed for the same things, a true love, children, ect. Every one has been answered. We've been together for 12 years now and we still act like we just met yesterday. If you mean it from the heart and soul, it shall be answered. When you find that special someone, you'll know it. I've been very blessed, sometimes blind, but I am human. Your a beautiful heart and soul dear Faith, a blessing for us all. Voted up, useful, awesome, beautiful, interesting, and shared. Thanks for your words of wisdom:)
A beautiful tribute. So many of us have been there. Nice hub with all the pictures and videos. Great message, too, at the end. I love Casting Crowns. Well done.
God bless you deeply faith, you spend your time helping others showing true kindest love..not many like you..you are an angel.
Oh, what a fantastic exercise you have played with some words. Brilliant attempt and great result. Really touching too. Thank you for sharing such a marvelous work here.
Faith: I just got to this lovely hub. Your poems are beautiful. I love the Corithians quote from the Bible - I have always lived by that definition of love. It is so true and exactly what love is. Any other definition is not really love. You have such a beautiful and loving heart, Faith. Thank you so much for linking my poem to this hub. You are just so sweet and I am so glad our paths crossed here on HP. You truly are a God send!
Faith,
I stopped by to say hello. How are you doing.
God bless you!
Hi faith darling don't think i have forsaken HP i was really busy still is with my new book and working on my new website. Very nice poem you said it well i can relate love your scripture to it really takes God to mend any broken heart it's a feeling that cannot be explained.
I would like you to email me 2 0r 3 of your best poem to put on my site please put your subject as faithreaper. I will put your name as the poet when i am finish will send you a link. I am using poems from my HP favourite friends. my email is absonlinework@live.com email asap
Thank you
This is a beautiful expression of your heart Faith, you are always thinking of others- and you run around leaving stars- and blessings everywhere you go!!!!
Sweet Faith of Hub pages WOW!
Such a beautiful poem that you have created Faith! It really shows the pain and anguish people go through after getting their hearts broken. Voted up.
Wonderful poem. Our hearts experience different kinds of pain and yet we have hope that God will heal them all. Thanks for sharing an inspiring poem. :-)
This is such a beautiful poem and hub, Faith! It's very kind and comforting for those who have experienced sadness in love. Thank you very much for creating such a lovely hub.
So very beautiful! I am reminded somehow of my own journey beyond myself and my own feelings in your words--finding those points of connectedness rather than isolation--really lovely work!
Beautiful poems and a great write. You are so right God definitely knows and cares about us each and every second. Voted up beautiful and awesome.
I like the last video best. : ) Very touching and heartfelt hub. Encouraging to know others out there care when others deal with a broken heart, no matter what its cause is. Thanks for sharing your hope and thoughts with us! Much appreciated!!!
Your words are so beautiful, they are amazing. Yes we do feel pain when are hearts are broken, and they are sometimes. But God helps us heal. We need to reach out to Him.
You have helped a lot of people. I hope you know that.
God bless you Faith Reaper.
Michele
P.S. Please forgive me so not commenting very much, I am kind of behind on my comments.
Dearest Faith, How beautiful is this hub! There is a hole .. a God shaped void which only He can fill. So many chase after finding their soul mate and are crushed and pained in the process - never understanding that God completes and makes one whole.
I love your heart sweet friend and it shines as you pour out compassion and it is life giving.
I liked this so much "May the men and women in your lives be the wisest and best. Those who covet peace and quietness." Surrounding our lives with those who are wise and covet peace and quietness is to protect our hearts from use and abuse.
Thanks for a beautiful beautiful hub.
Voted up +++
Hugs and Blessings,
Mekenzie
Dearest Faith~God has given you such a important mission to touch others with your words. I can feel the love from your beautiful soul, reaching out to your hubber friends that are in pain. You are a beautiful example of God's love for us. Bless you for this touching hub/poem.
Hi, Faith! You'd be right that I came by through Cat's share! She is an amazing person! :D
Oh yes, I remember that horrible pain caused by someone you thought would never-ever hurt you. Sadly, or maybe fortunately, a healed heart is harder and tougher. So true: Even in the happiest relationships something is not perfect. But only because of our own egoistic expectations. The more we have, the more we want. Humans are inherent greedy, and so often arrogant, believing that others, including God, should realize all their hopes and dreams.
Beautiful message. Thank you, Faith :)
I definitely can relate to the words that you have so beautifully written. However, writing has helped me heal. Lovely work here Faith! Voted it up beautiful!
If all women were like you Faith Reaper, every day of a man's life would bring nothing but joy, and wives and husbands everywhere would indeed be living happily ever after.A good heart is hard to find.
Wonderful words you bring, to lift tired Spirits, who have had the sunshine stolen from their beating thing.
Yours Sincerely,
Romeo's Quill
Beautiful, by all definitions, Faith Reaper,
Oh my goodness, for one, I had to scroll for ten minutes to get down here, I kid you not! :D Obviously your loving and compassionate heart draws people here anyway, but I believe you really struck a chord with so many with this one. Not only have most people probably experienced heartache, but we all want to know what someone cares and loves us; that is what you do. I've never seen anyone so uplifting and caring for others as you. The things you say come from your heart and it is obvious, you're not offering just words but your heart with them. This is just simply an amazing gesture and my emotions are all over the place with it; so touching and so needed!
That was the first time I'd ever heard that Christina Perri song and I loved everything about it... I'm so glad you brought that to my attention!
The poetry itself was beautiful and enough to bring a tear to my eye. I really believe you have the whole concept of love down, from your love of other people, your Faith, your loved ones, and honestly, love for yourself, which I'm learning to realize is necessary for all other love to truly exist and thrive.
You are such a wonderful example of how to live!
Up and sharing of course!
Hugs and love, Cat
It is always so sad and wrenching to see someone suffer at the hands of another. Though our hearts are not fragile they can be broken so easily. Your poem, your words, the photos, simply touching and compassionate. You show the love of the Lord in all you do dear one.
My father used to say every relationship should have three people, in his words, "you, me and God".
God bless.
Voted up, awesome, and beautiful.
Just awesome dear.....:-)
Sharing across and votes all way up and up... up away
God bless you always
deergha
Hi Faith
What a beautiful hub. Full of genuine sentiment and love. We should all take a lesson from this and be thankful for the very good things that we have in our lives.
It is all too easy to forget the good when we are struggling but we never have to look to far to find it.
Thanks for writing and sharing. Voted up and shared.
MJ.
Well my most fantastic FAITH your beautiful heart is all over this beautiful hub presentation and as I always say - if you write from the heart then the mind will always follow and you always do both in everything you write. I always feel good when I arrive at your hallowed hubspace because you have that special way about you in your writing which cannot be taught at writing - you are a true natural and the words are just so sincere and genuine like the lady author here on this page with the golden pen.
Please accept my sincere warm wishes to you and your family from Colin and his cat crew Tiffy and Gabriel who are both sleeping here while loud music is playing and that must be love, lol
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and still looking for the full moon which is hiding behind clouds and now showers
Have a lovely Sunday and thank you for always stealing my heart
Faith; there is so much love, understanding and strength in your words, and your heart. Thank you for this inspiring hub. Maria expressed it so well; “You heal with your words.” Hugs, dear friend. (And votes, too. :-)
Hi Faith Reaper,
Bless you for your caring and loving heart.
Voted up and away
Hugs
Sue
Faith, beautiful and empathetic....a broken heart is painful, but true love can mend. There are times when we have to feel the pain to know the pleasure. Your have a big beautiful heart with much love, you have been blessed my friend.
Take care and my best as always.
Yes, Faith, you have captured this feeling well. I recall when my heart was broken many years ago and it hardly seemed possible that the sun would ever shine again. But it did and it does. And a new day dawned.
Hope for that new tomorrow and for the opportunity for a new experience that would not end that way kept me going.
Thank you, dear sweet Friend, for giving a voice to the feelings many of us have felt. Angels are on the way in abundance this morning. :)
Beautiful hub faith, its so horrible when someone breaks our hearts, and yes something is missing sometimes. To pray and feel better is just the start, I love the line 'He places your tears in a bottle' I get it! wonderful, nell
My dearest sweetest friend Faith.. all i can say is WOW OH WOW.. what a hub.. The pain of broken hearts many a poem and story has been wrote about it.. many a tear has been shed. many a lifetime of brokenness.. and you are so right the only one that can heal a broken heart is Our Lord Jesus.. God Bless you my friend of Faith and wisdom and so much love to give.. I absolutely love you
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Debbie
Faith,
thanks for all those mails you sent me when I was away. I did not reply, even when I came back, because I thought issues have become irrelevant. Perhaps,s ome day you will give me an opportunity to work on your photo, where I can bring all the details of your hazel eyes.
"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear." I loved this Bible quote.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful thoughts.
You have performed your good deed of the day, Faith, with this beautifully-written, loving hub dedicated to those with broken hearts. Brava, m'dear.
This is wonderful! How hasn't suffered and went through rejection? I have a couple of poems that talks about pain beyond physical feelings. Love that poetry and your closeness to our creator. Keep it up Faith!
Very creative, thoughtful and encouraging. Your heart is in the right place, and I want mine there with yours. Beautiful verses!
They always are beautiful with all the gorgeous pictures you put and your beautiful writings and the flow down the page is a magical experience!
Probably most of us have been hurt by love sometime and it is something we never forget but at least we can tap into that memory for a few good poems. lol Or a few hundred!
You are so lucky to have such a wonderful husband to never cause you heartache. God has blessed you indeed.
Beautiful hub! ^
Faith Reaper,
You have one of the most beautiful hearts! I'm never disappointed in reading your hubs. 1 Corinthians is my utmost favorite description of what unconditional love really is because it applies straight across the board from romantic love to platonic love.
I will also say that I am glad I am not feeling emotional today or listening to that dramatic first song might've made me cry!
Wonderful addition in displaying your loving faith in the Lord. He can only heal.
Thanks so much for writing this.
Wow Faith I came here to enjoy your hub but you just blew me away.. I felt the words just picking at my soul... you are a faith spreader and I follow you faithfully for a reason..FAITH :) bless you dear one
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