Father's Love Letter

The words you are about to experience are true. They will change your life if you let them. For they come from the heart of God. He loves you and He is the Father you have been looking for all your life. This is His love letter to you.

The End of the Road

Have you come to the end of the road? It's quite a journey, maybe you had your life planned out and set goals that you hoped to achieve in your life. Only to find a few years later that things didn't go as planned! Leaving you with questions like "What went wrong?" and "Why did this have to happen to me?". I'm sure many of us can relate to this. It's interesting to note that the Bible speaks about this saying:

"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all." Ecclesiastes 9:11 So what happens when everything we put our hope and trust in fails? What happens when all our hard work and effort has gone in vein? What do we do? Some will pretend like everything will be ok and keep going. Others might feel self pity for themselves and give up all hope. While others will stop and reassess where they went wrong and learn from the experience.

Unforeseen circumstances in our life can be difficult to plan for,
especially when those circumstances are out of our control. Often
times we will do all when can to make sure everything goes to plan, but when things are out of our control, that's when life gets tough!

Maybe you can relate to what I'm saying, perhaps your going through something that's out of your control.

Your business is failling, your marriage is on the rocks, the
promotion you were promised was given to someone else, you can't get out of debt, your kids are going a stray, etc.

You basically feel like you have come to the end of the road.
Everything you tried to do has failed. To make things worse, your wife has lost faith in you, your friends have abandoned you, your finances are at an all time low and your in debt! So what do you do, you do what you think is best, you go to a bar and drown your sorrows with alcohol. Sure it makes you feel good for a while, you suddenly don't feel the pain in your heart from all your sorrows until closing time comes and you have to go home to sleep. The next morning comes and you wake up with a headache smelling of alcohol and cigarette smoke. Only to realize that your problems are still there, making you feel worse than the night before!

So what do you do when you have come to the end of the road, where do you go from here? Some may try turning to God for answers. Even though it may seem like God doesn't care about you and that He has more important things to worry about than you!

But the good news is that God loves you so much and He is waiting for you to call upon Him!

"But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13

Call upon Jesus Christ, who himself said "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me." John 14:6

Only God can take away the pain and burdens your carrying, only He can make a way where there is no way, cry out to Him, the bible says:

"Then shall you call upon me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will hearken to you. And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart."
Jeremiah 29:12-13.

Who can heal a broken heart?

Have you ever experienced what it's like to be broken hearted? Do you know the pain anguish inside? People usually experience a broken heart when they lose a loved one or when a relationship breaks down such as parents divorcing or a boyfriend and girlfriend break up. I would have to say one of the most trying experiences for me was when my parents separated. I was only 18 years old at the time. It came as complete shock and I never would have thought it would happen to my family. So many questions go through your mind but the one that stood out the most was "why?” Divorce is a terrible thing; it does more damage than good. God never intended for divorce, yet today we see more and more family falling victim to divorce. My heart goes out to people who have suffered from divorce, especially the innocent ones - the children. The children go through a lot when such a thing happens to their life. Your sense of security is taken away, its like as if someone has pulled the foundation from under your feet. Worse still their heart has now been torn in two, because they love both their mum and dad and are usually required to choose with whom they wish to live with. How can a child choose one over the other? They love both so much, its not fair for them to be put in such a position. Life is like this though, many storms come our way during this journey called life and there are many things that we have no control over, this is just one of them.

How can one heal a broken heart? They say time heals all wounds. But what about the wounds that people can't see? We can't go to the doctors and say I have a broken heart, can you fix it! So who can we go to when we have a broken heart, is there anyone who cares? When my heart was broken, it made me question a lot of things about life and why I’m here. I always thought I was a good person and that I never did anything to deserve this, so why was I going through this?

At the time I started seeking answers, I remember being taught at school about evolution and how we as humans simply evolved from monkeys. When I thought about that I then questioned the meaning of life, because if we came from monkeys, then what's the point of life - it has no meaning - therefore why go on living if there is no hope for the future or afterlife?

Maybe you can relate to what I'm saying here, perhaps you are or have experienced the pain of a broken heart. Let me tell you something, there is still hope. Jesus Christ knows what its like to have a broken heart; He went through many trials and tribulations in His short life here on earth. Jesus knows what it's like to be mocked, spat upon, rejected, despised, hated, betrayed, beaten, spoken evil of and even forsaken. Jesus went through it all, He can relate to our pain as humans because He suffered as one. Only Jesus Christ can heal a broken heart, in fact the bible says that "God binds up the broken hearted" it also says that "The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit" Psalms 34:18.

God will never turn away a broken heart; we can turn to Him for our healing for He alone can do what no man can. Are you heart broken? Cry out to Jesus Christ, for he cares for you and He will heal your broken heart if only you would ask Him.

As you humble yourself before God on your knees with your hands raised toward heaven and your head bowed, cry out to the Lord Jesus Christ. You only need to call on His name and ask him. Tell Him what you have been going through and how you can't do it with out Him. Give your life to Him and ask Him to be your Lord and Saviour, ask Him to forgive you of all your sins and to make you the person He wants you to be.

In Jesus Name
Amen.

RisenTruth Ministries
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