THE HEALING OF A HEART

By Susan Vaughan Shumake

Broken To Be Healed   

In the deepest cold of my Winters’ storm
it was Your Loving kindness that kept me warm.
Love melted away the pain in my Heart 
and the Bitterness there from the enemy’s dart.

The Battle was raging out of my sight
as the Cancer within me was stealing my life.
An Army of Angels fought for my soul
as prayers of the Saints prayed for me to be Whole.

In the midst of my Battle Your Word came to me 
to show me You Love me, to set my heart Free.
There, in the furious flames of that place,
You rescued me by Your Mercy and Grace.

The Darkness within me was brought into Light
as Your Love wrapped around me and fought my great Fight.
My walls all came down as I chose to Forgive
and the Truth set me Free so that I might Live.

The Fear that had held me and caused me such Shame,
The Hatred, Resentment, the Anger and Blame,
were brought to the surface by Your flooding rains,
then You washed them away with my Broken Heart pains.

Your Love crushed the lies and deceit I’d Believed
as the Fire of this Trial brought me down to my knees.
In this fight against Cancer, this fight to the Death,
I began to praise You just for Life and each breath.

My eyes, they were opened. My life has great worth.
Not because of my works, but because of my Birth.
I’d lost sight of the prize I had already Won;
the Crown that I wear because of Your Son.

So the pain and Abuse of my past was revealed
that I might Forgive and my heart might be Healed.
And my God, who has Loved me since before time began,
has walked me through Brokenness, holding my hand.

Healed through Brokenness. I have been restored
by my Heavenly Father and Jesus, my Lord.
Now, in my Suffering, I can truly rejoice!
For My God has Healed me and made me His Voice!


1 Peter 3:3 
 
It is not fancy hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes that should make you Beautiful. No, your beauty should come from within you- the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, an imperishable quality which is very precious to God.

Proverbs 4:20-27 KJV

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

THE HEALING OF A HEART

	The Healing of a Heart is an intimate issue to discuss because we must first look at its’ BROKENNESS. We all have Broken places in our hearts. Broken places that are hidden hurts we harbor deep inside our hearts.
 
	We have had nowhere to go with our Brokenness, because our Brokenness scares people. Our Brokenness scares us! To feel Broken is to feel “less than,” or ashamed because we are “shattered.” There is no Safe place, when our place of security, and safety is stolen. At least this is the lie we Believe. 

	We hide the hurt of our heart. We paint the pain with performance, or we mask it with material things. We bury the Brokenness of our hearts. If we are truthful with ourselves, we know where they are, and why they are, and yet we continue on, as we are. Because it is who we are.

	We are who we are, because of the Brokenness of our hearts. We are fighters. We are strong. We are Survivors of multiple Seasons of Suffering. Yet, we are sick at heart. We are “The Brokenhearted.” Broken Relationship brings Broken hearts. 

	I write this because I was “Broken to be Healed.” This is my testimony, over, and over, again. This is the testimony of the Healing of my Heart. As I was battling Cancer, I found there was a deeper, more vicious enemy, invisibly attacking from within, who was Stealing, Killing, and Destroying my life.

	There were things that had to happen before my Heart could heal, before my Body could heal. There was a Spiritual Enemy who needed to be fought. There were Broken relationships that needed to be restored.

Believe the Beautiful!