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Healing for the Wounded Heart Devotions 100 Devotions for Survivors of Abuse © 2007, 2009, Kerry Decker. All rights reserved. Second Edition Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. The “NIV” and “New International Version” trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by International Bible Society. Use of either trademark requires the permission of International Bible Society. Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. Scriptures marked as “(CEV)” are taken from the Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by permission. Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. The Living Bible. Copyright © 1987 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. Rapha House Freedom Foundation 6755 Victoria Ave. Riverside, CA 92506 Rapha is the Hebrew word for “healing.” Rapha House in Cambodia provides shelter and care for girls who have survived human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The “Healing for the Wounded Heart” resources, including these devotions, were developed to help these girls with their emotional and spiritual recovery. Many survivors of abuse may not have experienced sexual slavery, but they know what it’s like to be prisoners in dysfunctional families or relationships. And they know what it’s like to be prisoners of their own guilt and shame. All abuse wounds the heart, whether it involves a single incidence or sexual enslavement. And the road to healing and recovery covers the same territory regardless of a person’s experience. May these devotions guide and inspire you along your journey. To learn more about Rapha House, visit their websites at: www.freedomforgirls.org www.raphahouse.org One Do You Want to Get Well? In his Gospel, John tells the story of a man who was crippled from birth. Imagine what it would be like to know that you’re different from other people and not being able to do anything about it. This man hadn’t lost hope. Every day, he would gather with others at the pool named Bethesda in hopes that he would receive a miracle. But that miracle never came. One day, Jesus passed by and asked the man if he wanted to be well. What type of question is that? “Do you want to get well?” Actually, it is a very important question. All the man’s friends were at the pool. The man knew what life was like there. Every day he would spend waiting for a miracle. And every day he would go home disappointed. People expected him to be a beggar. After all, he couldn’t work. His life wasn’t good, but it was predictable. All that would change, if he were healed. He would have to get a job and go to work. He couldn’t spend his days waiting at the pool. He wouldn’t be 5 Healing for the Wounded Heart able to spend much time with his old friends anymore. His new life would take him in a new direction. He would have to enlarge his circle of friendships. Work. Responsibility. And change. These are just some of the things that healing would mean to this man. Maybe that’s why Jesus asked him the question, “Do you want to be healed?” Sometimes things happen to us that should never have happened. And those things bring unwanted changes to our lives. Emotional healing brings other changes to life. What might some of those changes be? What might be frightening about those changes? What is exciting about those changes? What do you think you would say if you were asked, “Do you want to get well?” When I am afraid, I will trust in you. —Psalm 56:3 Healing for the Wounded Heart 6 Two Battling Giants Why was David successful in defeating Goliath when a whole nation of warriors failed? Was it due to his skill as a fighter? Certainly David knew how to work a sling. That was part of his argument that he offered his king to be allowed to go and face Goliath. David had fought and killed both lion and bear while tending his father’s flocks. But up to this time, he had never faced a man in battle. And war is different than shepherding. Besides, there were plenty of seasoned and skilled warriors in the camp. Yet none of them stepped up to fight Goliath. So if it wasn’t skill that set David apart what was it? When David faces the Philistine, he says, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel…” (1 Samuel 17:45). David faces Goliath with just a sling and a few stones, but his full confidence rests in God. David adds, “All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s… (1 Samuel 17:47). It’s true. The battle belongs 7 Healing for the Wounded Heart to the Lord, but the victory comes only to those who in faith step out from their hiding places and face the giant. Abuse leaves us confused, intimidated, and afraid. Like the Israelites of David’s time, we might fear taking action. But the secret to recovery and healing is remembering that the battle is the Lord’s. He will help us succeed. When we no longer choose to live in fear but step out in faith and act, we just may be surprised at how quickly and easily some of the giants who kept us frozen in our tracks will fall. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. —Isaiah 41:10 Healing for the Wounded Heart 8 Three Taming Fears About the Future The future can be scary. No one knows what the future holds, so anxiety often creeps in and robs us of peace and joy, filling us with fear for tomorrow. But it’s possible to tame our fears of the future. One psalm of David shows how. The subtitle to Psalm 34 reveals that it was written when David was saved by pretending to be insane before the Philistine king Abimelech (also known as Achish). It helps to have some background to the story. David rose to prominence after defeating the Philistine giant from Gath named Goliath. At the time of that victory, David wasn’t the king of Israel yet. Saul was. But David’s popularity grew eventually overshadowing Saul’s. So Saul became insanely jealous to the point where he tried to kill David a number of times. David needed to hide from Saul, but no place in Israel was safe. So David decided to flee deep into the heart of enemy territory to Gath—Goliath’s hometown. Abimelech was king of Gath, and David had no idea what type of reception he might meet there. But he 9 Healing for the Wounded Heart knew for certain that he would die if he didn’t escape from Saul. So David devised a plan that might work. He would pretend to be insane and hope that people would leave him alone. It worked, but imagine how nervous David must have been the day he first set foot in Gath. His future was uncertain, but he tamed his fears. He writes: “I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears” (Psalm 34:4). David put his future into God’s hands and knew that it would be safe there. Like David, we don’t know what the future holds; but we know who holds the future. And like David, we just can’t sit around fearing what might be. We must act and entrust our future to God’s care. David says: “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him” (Psalm 34:8). We gain confidence in God’s goodness by trusting Him with our lives. It’s the only way to tame our fears about the future. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all. —Psalm 34:19 Healing for the Wounded Heart 10 Four Seeing Through Different Eyes It’s important to learn to see what has happened to us through different eyes. That does not mean that we pretend that the bad that happened to us did not really happen or that it was not really bad. It was real, and it was wrong. It should never happen to anyone ever. What seeing through different eyes means is learning to see how God takes what others intended for evil and turns it into good. After Joseph was sold into slavery, he had no idea what would happen to him next. It was frightening. For a while, things went well for him, as good as things could be considering he had lost his freedom. Then things got really bad. His master’s wife falsely accused him of making advances towards her. As a result, Joseph ended up in jail. No matter what he did or how hard he tried, he couldn’t make things go better in his life.
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