Healing For Emotional Pain (Remember, God Loves You)

"And only where God is seen does life truly begin. Only when we meet the living God in Christ do we know what life is. We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary. There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised by the Gospel, by the encounter with Christ. There is nothing more beautiful than to know Him and to speak to others of our friendship with Him." (Pope Benedict XVI, Homily April 24th, 2005)

Let me acknowledge something here that is very important. God loves you so much! You are made in His image. The angels see this, and they stand in wonder an amazement. The Father sent His Son to die on the cross for you, because He loves you more than your mind could possibly imagination! To ignore the cross of Christ, is to deny the means whereby God saves you and reveals his never ending love for you.

In your struggles each day, including any possible depression, fear, anger, rejection or disappointment, try to remember deeply that God loves you so tenderly. People may let you down, but your Heavenly Father will never let you down. His compassion for you, through the Person of the Holy Spirit is the greatest therapy and healing for emotional pain. In all of our study of human relationships, let us not forget this.

Beautiful words were once discovered penciled on the wall of an insane asylum. It is not known who wrote them. The words were later the inspiration for what became a famous hymn:

"Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made.
Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade.
To write the love of God above, would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky.
Oh, love of God. How great and pure. How marvelous and strong.
It shall for evermore endure, the saints and angels song!"