Highlights of Chapter 11
Time Heals
“The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be seven times brighter,
Like the light of seven days,
On the day the LORD binds up the fracture of His people
And heals the bruise He has inflicted.”
—Isaiah 30:26
When we are at odds with someone we love and long to be close to them again, it often takes much longer than we are prepared to wait. For us, each moment seems like years, and each day a decade! That’s when we foolishly press in to make it right, somehow, but our efforts prove to make our relationship worse, rather than better.
Time, though difficult, heals most things. Though we want God to do something now, He wants us to wait and let Him do the healing.
Rather than worry or fret, which the Bible says in Psalm 37 leads to evil doing, take the Psalmist’s advice and simply rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him. Just because it is taking years, it doesn’t mean it won’t happen. And during the wait He may be bringing that loved one to Himself.
Psalm 37 of David
Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong;
for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.
For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.