Healing does not create a brand new person out of you. Often, it gently returns you to the parts of yourself pain tried to convince you were gone forever.
Angel: What’s this section for?
God: Things people thought they lost forever.
Humans often mistake delayed healing for permanent damage.
– Jacqueline Whitney
Angel: Like what?
God: Hope. Trust. The ability to feel joy without fear attached to it. The version of themselves they thought disappeared after heartbreak.
Angel: She’s been looking for herself here for a long time.
God: I know. Pain convinced her she became permanently broken. Disappointment made her believe softness was something she could never safely return to.
Angel: But she isn’t broken.
God: No. She’s wounded. There’s a difference.
Angel: She thinks too much time has passed for her life to become beautiful again.
God: Humans often mistake delayed healing for permanent damage. But healing is rarely linear. Sometimes people lose themselves slowly. Which means they also return to themselves slowly.
Angel: What do we give back to her first?
God: Her hope. Everything changes once someone believes goodness is still possible for them.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
