How to heal a broken heart

3. Temporarily restrict your movements.

When my son was told he couldn’t wrestle or play ball or get his arm wet until the cast came off, he thought he was being punished. I explained to him that it wasn’t a punishment but a protection. When you’ve experienced broken heart, you must also temporarily restrict your movements and give up some freedoms to protect the wound and promote healing. If you try to jump back into all the things you were doing before, the break will never heal properly. Eliminate all the non-essentials from your life and focus only on those activities and people who are actively promoting healing. Everyone and everything else can wait.

4. Rest.

Not only do you need to “restrict your movements,” but you also need periods of complete rest. Don’t try to figure out the future. Don’t try to fix everything that’s been broken. Don’t let worry take root in your heart. Give yourself permission to rest. Take it one day at a time. The healing won’t be fast, but slowing down will promote healing in your soul, it will help you refocus on what matters most and it will bring you closer to God in the process. Don’t rush. Rest. Healing doesn’t happen in a microwave; it happens in a crock pot.

Don’t lose hope. You WILL get through this!

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