An open letter to the one who is hurting.

You are wounded.

You are broken.

You feel empty.

Someone took the love you gave and threw it back in your face.

This person could be a best friend, significant other, parent, sibling, family member, or even a stranger.

This person made you feel like you were too much or not enough.

You are aching.

I’m so sorry that someone made you feel like you were anything less than worthy.

You are worthy.

You are called beloved.

You are never lacking.

You are never too much.

You are always enough.

You are so much more than the pain you are feeling.

You are everything that you are supposed to be.

You are made in the image of the Creator of the universe.

He said you are worth dying for.

I know the pain right now is blinding; I know it’s hard to leave your bedroom; I know it’s hard to eat, and I know that all you want to do is sleep-- hoping you’ll wake up and realize that it was all just a nightmare.

It wasn’t a nightmare.

You were hurt.

There is no doctor on this earth who can fix a broken heart or heal a wounded soul, but there is a Great Physician-- the Greatest Physician. He can pick up the pieces of your shattered self and put them back together piece by piece, but only if you let Him.

That is the hard part.

This is not going to be what you want to hear.

You have to let go.

You have to forgive.

You have to lay your hurt at the foot of the cross.

You will be tempted to pick it back up because that ache is what you know, it is familiar, and as much as it hurts, you have found it to be comfortable. I will not lie to you, the healing process is very uncomfortable, but how can the Comforter come if you are not uncomfortable?

We are called to love the ones that hurt us.

You are called to love the one that hurt you.

You are called to love them when they reject you, push you away, when they look at you with eyes like daggers, and when they speak to you with words like acid. You are called to love them even when they nail you to a cross.

In order to love in this way, you have to be willing to sacrifice the bitterness, the hurt, and the resentment. I know this won’t be easy, but I promise this is the hope you’ve been searching for-- He is the hope you’ve been searching for.

He wants to free you. Please let Him.

With love, Liv