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Not Broken Beyond Repair: God’s Redemption for Emotional Scars

When I look at this topic, I am drawn back to the days when…and then I stopped right there. Because you know how you don’t want to be taken back to a certain place that you have overcome and gotten deliverance from? Yeah, that’s it. But I thought of the different forms of abuse that one inflicts and one suffers - physical, verbal, sexual, financial… And then emotional… I often wonder which is worse and always answer the same - all forms of abuse are bad and should not happen at all, at all. While physical abuse can be felt and verbal abuse can be heard, emotional wounds are silent and not always visible, but they run deep.   Emotional wounds linger in our thoughts, shape how we trust, and often convince us that we are too broken to be used by God.   But the truth of Scripture Family shows us: brokenness is not the end — it’s the beginning of redemption. Let’s look at the life of Mephibosheth. He was the son of Jonathan and grandson of King Saul. At just five years old, tragedy...
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The Silence Between Prayers: When Mental Struggles Don’t Go Away Overnight

What do we do when the moments of apparent silence, when we have prayed, turn into days, weeks, months, years? This is what it seems like for some of us right now. There is an issue. God says ask, seek, knock, and we have done that. He said Cast our cares on Him. We have done that. He also said Do not fear, do not be discouraged. Well, we are working on that part. Truth be told, many of us are in a space right now where it seems as though God is silent. And this is a painful moment.   There’s a particular kind of pain that sits in the silence—the stretch between praying and seeing change.   I am not at all suggesting that it is a lack of faith. Perhaps we do need to exercise our faith more or increase our measure of faith. But what we are suggesting here is that the pain of silence comes from the weight of holding on while nothing around you seems to move. It’s waking up still feeling anxious, still feeling empty, still battling thoughts you thought would be gone by now, still...
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Healing Within: Christians Confronting Mental Struggles

What does healing look like? I think the answer depends on the question: healing from what? But for many of us, we can tell what healing feels like, especially after we have been in pain for a while, and after taking medication, applying a heating pad or cold press or praying, and then there’s no more pain. However, healing isn’t always an instant miracle.   Sometimes, it looks like daily surrender…especially in relationships and particularly in our walk with God. Sometimes, it looks like probing around in the dark until the light returns.   Mental and emotional health struggles are not modern problems—they are timeless human realities, and Scripture does not shy away from them. God meets us in our weakness not with shame, but with healing grace. Let’s look today at King Saul.   Saul began with divine favour—anointed, chosen, empowered. But over time, he struggled deeply with fear, paranoia, insecurity, and spiritual confusion.   Scripture says, “Now the Spirit of th...
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Strong in Spirit, Tender in Heart: Faith & Mental Health Series

  What does it mean to be “strong in spirit”?   Does it mean that when you are tempted you always recognize it and not yield?   Being strong in spirit doesn’t mean you never feel weak or you wouldn’t sin. And having a “tender heart” doesn’t mean you’re emotionally fragile.   In fact, the most powerful kind of faith lives at the intersection of both — where strength comes from surrender and emotional honesty leads to spiritual depth. The Bible presents Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a woman of deep faith and profound emotional strength. When Simeon prophesied over baby Jesus, he told Mary, “And a sword will pierce your very soul.” (Luke 2:35, NLT).   Mary would live to see her son rejected, beaten, and crucified. Yet she remained present.   Mary stood at the cross, heart broken but spirit anchored in obedience. Her faith didn’t prevent pain — it gave her the strength to endure it. That is grace-infused emotional resilience. We also see Thomas, often called “D...
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