Psalm 147:3 (New International Version)
He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
I think it is fair to say that God is also broken hearted and He above all knows what it's like to hold on and to let go. There are times when we are so affected by our love problems with our special someone, we tend to pray as if God doesn't know our pain. Well, He does.
Let me share some instances when God's heart was broken:
When Adam and Eve ate the fruit of good and evil.
Is it not heart-breaking enough to know that someone that you made in your own image and likeness will turn away from you after you have given them the best gift imaginable "free will". God loves Adam and Eve so much that He trusted them, that He gave them the choice if they want to love him back by virtue of obedience. God wanted to be loved in return just like how we wanted to. We want to be loved for who we are and without force. God is Almighty that He can make things happened but He allowed Adam and Eve to choose.
What's even more heartbreaking is when He had to make them experience the consequences of their actions. If you love someone, don't you want to be with that person forever? Yes. At the same time, if you love someone, don't you want them to learn the difference between good and evil? Yes. When God sent Adam and Eve to the Earth, it broke His heart because they can't be with Him in paradise.
It is a common saying that " We will only realize how much we love a person, when that person is no longer there". Same thing, God sent them to the Earth for them to realize if they really want to be with Him and love Him. In Paradise, God offered perfection in everything yet they turned away from His love. On this earth, where there is pain and suffering, they still have the choice to love Him or turn away from Him. Adam and Eve realized God's love in their suffering but they continued their ways.
I tell you this, God mastered the Art of Waiting. From Adam and Eve to Moses, to King David, to the time of Jesus and His apostles, to the time of Paul, it has been a long wait and it is not yet over. Sometimes, we cry because we think we waited for too long, did we or did we not? To this day, God waits. He waits for the moment that we will love Him back completely...And He's waiting with His Mercy.
God knows how to give all that He could give in the name of love. God knows what it's like to let go of the One He loved most. When He sent Jesus to the Earth and shared our human nature, He gave it all. Would you send your son to a place where he will die? God did. When Jesus suffered and died to save a world that is lost and doesn't know what love is anymore, He let go.
God is a broken-hearted God but He never gave up on us. He love us still. He knows what it's like to be broken-hearted yet He still loves with a broken heart and I believe He won't stop loving us. He had loved us for so long, He won't give up after a lifetime of holding on.
The choice is ours to love a God that loved us longer than we can imagine or we can continue turning away from His true love. Believe me when I say, God is making a masterpiece out of the broken pieces of your heart. Trust in Him and you will see something Spectacular!
God my Father, I want to mend your broken heart by the broken pieces of mine. Take it all, I love you too.
