Finding God in Healing, Brokenness, and Surrender

There was a time when I didn’t understand the Word of God. It felt distant, like something meant for someone more spiritual, more holy—definitely not me. But everything started to shift when I made the choice to put God at the center of my life. 

Slowly but surely, the Bible began to speak. Scriptures I’d heard before but never truly grasped began to resonate deeply. The Word wasn’t just ancient truth—it became my present help.

This season of isolation has been uncomfortable, even painful. But in the silence, God revealed some truths I could no longer avoid. 

One of the most jarring? I had never truly healed.

I’d carried wounds from childhood, through adolescence, and into adulthood, believing I had tucked them away neatly. But trauma doesn’t stay buried—it leaks, it lingers, and it limits. And while I became a master at hiding it, I could no longer hide from God.

Healing began when I started to unpack that closet—layer by layer, memory by memory—with Jesus at my side. 

It hasn’t been pretty. Healing rarely is. But it has been holy. 

As 1 Peter 5:7 reminds us,

“Cast all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.”

This isn’t a suggestion. It’s a command. It is God’s invitation to stop carrying what He already died for to take from us.

Overthinking won’t save us. Anxiety won’t lead us home. Only surrender will.

And in that surrender, I’ve tasted His goodness. “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!” —Psalm 34:8

I now thank Him not just for the blessings I see, but for the comfort He brings in the unseen places of my soul.

Here’s what I’m learning—God chooses the broken.

He’s not looking for perfect people—He’s looking for surrendered hearts. Being broken is not a curse; it’s a calling. Because in our brokenness, we become aware of our desperate need for a Savior. 

If you’re feeling defeated today, know this: you’re closer to God than you think. He is near. He is sculpting you. And He’s not done.

You were never meant to break alone. You were meant to break open—to become a vessel of His love and healing for others. The storm you’re in? It’s revealing your strength, not your failure. God is making something beautiful out of what you thought was beyond repair.

Let me leave you with this powerful reminder from 2 Corinthians 12:8-10:

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“Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me… For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

This is the gospel: beauty from ashes, strength from weakness, glory through surrender.

Keep pressing in. He’s not finished with you yet.

Lovingly & Faithfully, 

Sally

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