Throughout life many of us go through several relationships, which often leads to heartbreak. Sadness and disappointment can consume thoughts and feelings and can sometimes leave you feeling hopeless. We look to the Bible to soothe and mend our broken hearts
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. | John 17:1
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. | Deuteronomy 8:3
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. | Matthew 11:28-30
For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. | John 17:8
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. | John 3:16
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. | Proverbs 22:15
For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. | Isaiah 62:5
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. | Ephesians 5:25
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? | John 14:9
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. | Proverbs 4:23
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. | 1 Corinthians 13:7
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. | Proverbs 4:20-22
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. | Psalm 73:26
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. | 1 Corinthians 10:13
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. | John 14:27
That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. | John 17:21
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. | Genesis 2:24
Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. | Mark 11:23
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? | Jeremiah 17:9
Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God. Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment. | Isaiah 50:10-11
Jesus reminds us that no matter what happens, He is always right by our side. Christ reassures us that He will heal the heartbreak that we can’t seem to get beyond. He has the power to mend broken hearts if we seek Him and give our heartbreak to Him. Getting over it may be a process, but as long as we have faith, we will be OK. Jesus longs to comfort us.