I just did mine, and I realized that my heart has been heavy these past three days—filled with anger and constant thoughts of how to respond to the conversations I had received.
Then, as I reflected on today’s Word, the Holy Spirit asked, “Have you done a heart check recently?”
And I thought, okay… the more wronged I feel, the more there is silence and withdrawal from God’s way.
I know it is the season of love, and one thing I prayed this season was, “God, help me bring love to the table of every conversation.” I choose to respond in love.
But you know what? It has felt as if war drums were being beaten on my behalf, and constantly, I have fallen to the rhythm.
Doing a heart check made me go through Psalm 23 again.
David declared, “The Lord will lead me in the path of righteousness… He restores my soul.”
I believe that after going through fragments of hurt and betrayal from people, all he could have felt at times was pain and brokenness. There were probably moments when the heaviness stung so deeply that his desire might have been to treat people the way he had been treated.
But what if those thoughts lead us out of the way of righteousness—out of the path of the One we call our Shepherd?
It felt hard. It still feels hard. But when we choose the way of love, most times we must ask God to heal our hearts, to restore our souls, to heal us from the soul injuries we have encountered as we journey through life.
God doesn’t just want to heal us of physical or spiritual pain. He wants us to bring every pain to Him so that, in that surrender, we become whole.
“Lord, restore my soul” might feel like a far-fetched prayer. But when we present our spirit, soul, and body to God, He desires to find a whole person.
Today we ask, O God, that You would restore our souls. Heal us of every soul injury, every brokenness, and cause us to walk in the righteous way.
Stay Revived!
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