WEBVTT 00:00:04.719 --> 00:00:10.640 Some of the deepest wounds may come from a place that was supposed to be safe. 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:16.320 A church, a community, a leader you trusted. 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:21.920 And a wound from there can change the way you see God Himself. 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:27.039 If that's what you're carrying, look at two short verses with me. 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:32.320 First, here is who God is toward the wounded. 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:41.039 The psalmist writes in Psalm 147.3, He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:44.560 And here is what he calls us toward in time. 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:58.640 The Apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 4.32, be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:01.200 Notice the order. 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:08.480 Before God ever asks you to forgive, he kneels down to bind the wound. 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:11.599 He does not rush you past the hurt. 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:15.840 And notice who the forgiveness is anchored in. 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:26.480 Not the people who failed you, but Christ, who was betrayed by his own and never once used his position to wound anyone. 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:38.879 Real healing comes as we take the weight of our trust off people who can break it and rest it on the God who binds up what they broke. 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:44.640 Let's start by thanking God that he doesn't minimize your pain. 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:55.920 Thank him that he heals the brokenhearted, that he is the kind of God who comes close to the wound instead of stepping over it. 00:01:56.719 --> 00:02:02.959 And thank him that he knows betrayal from the inside and still draws near. 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.840 Name what happened and where it still aches. 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:40.800 Tell him where the hurt has made it hard to trust him too. 00:02:41.520 --> 00:03:10.560 And ask him to do what he promises, to bind up this wound in his time with his career. 00:03:55.120 --> 00:04:03.680 Picture him kneeling close, gently binding the wound, in no hurry to move you along. 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:11.280 Quietly tell him, People failed me, but you won't. 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:14.319 I'm placing my trust in you. 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:58.879 Bring them to the God who heals the brokenhearted and ask him to draw close and bind their wounds too. 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:42.879 Hold our trust gently, bind what was broken, and bring us all the way to healing. 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:45.279 We're leaning on you. 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:47.199 Amen.