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<h1>Bring Your Wounds to Christ</h1>

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<p class="lead dropcap">Some wounds are so deep they feel impossible to explain.</p>

<p>Maybe someone broke your trust.</p>
<p>Maybe someone betrayed you.</p>
<p>Maybe someone spoke words that still echo in your heart.</p>
<p>Maybe someone abandoned you when you needed them most.</p>
<p>Maybe someone took something from you that can never be replaced.</p>

<p>You didn’t choose these wounds.</p>
<p>You didn’t deserve them.</p>
<p>You didn’t create the pain you carry.</p>

<p>And often, the deeper the wound, the more alone you feel.</p>

<p>But you are not alone—because there is One who truly understands.</p>

<h2>Jesus Knows What It Is to Be Wounded</h2>

<p>When Jesus walked this earth, He did not live a sheltered or painless life. He entered into the full experience of human suffering.</p>

<p>He knows what it feels like to be misunderstood.</p>
<p>He knows what it feels like to be rejected.</p>
<p>He knows what it feels like to be betrayed by someone He loved.</p>
<p>He knows what it feels like to weep over loss.</p>
<p>He knows what it feels like to be treated unfairly, cruelly, unjustly.</p>
<p>He knows what it feels like when those closest to Him walk away.</p>

<p>He is not distant from your pain—He lived it.</p>

<p>Scripture says:</p>

<div class="scripture">“He was despised and rejected… a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering.”<span class="ref">— Isaiah 53:3</span></div>

<p>Christ does not look at your wounds from far away.</p>
<p>He recognizes them.</p>
<p>He carries scars of His own.</p>

<h2>He Does Not Minimize Your Pain — He Enters Into It</h2>

<p>Jesus never says, “Get over it.”</p>
<p>He never asks, “Why aren’t you stronger?”</p>
<p>He never brushes off your hurt as if it should not matter.</p>

<p>Instead, He draws near.</p>

<p>He listens.</p>
<p>He weeps with you.</p>
<p>He cares more deeply than you realize.</p>

<p>The Bible describes Him as:</p>

<div class="scripture">“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.”<span class="ref">— Psalm 34:18</span></div>

<p>That is not poetry—it is a promise.</p>

<h2>By His Wounds, You Find Healing</h2>

<p>When Jesus suffered on the cross, He chose to enter the very heart of human pain.</p>
<p>He carried the weight of injustice, cruelty, and suffering.</p>
<p>He was wounded—physically, emotionally, relationally.</p>

<p>And in God’s mysterious, powerful way:</p>

<div class="scripture">“By His wounds we are healed.”<span class="ref">— Isaiah 53:5</span></div>

<p>His scars are proof that healing is possible.</p>
<p>His resurrection is proof that pain does not get the final word.</p>

<h2>He Offers a Different Kind of Healing</h2>

<h3>1. He heals the inner places no one else can reach.</h3>
<p>The memories that still sting, the heartbreak that still aches—He can touch and restore what has been torn.</p>

<h3>2. He gives peace that doesn’t depend on circumstances.</h3>
<p>A calm, steady strength that grows even in the middle of chaos.</p>

<h3>3. He brings comfort that is deeper than explanations.</h3>
<p>Not just answers—but presence.<br>Not just relief—but rest.</p>

<h3>4. He rewrites the story of your life.</h3>
<p>Your wound does not have to define you.<br>Your pain does not have to be your identity.<br>In Christ, your brokenness can become the place where hope enters.</p>

<h2>Christ Invites You to Come With Your Hurt</h2>

<p>He does not say, “Come back when you’re healed.”<br>He says:</p>

<div class="scripture">“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”<span class="ref">— Matthew 11:28</span></div>

<p>Come with your heartbreak.<br>Come with your confusion.<br>Come with your questions.<br>Come with the wound that still bleeds.</p>

<p>His arms are open.<br>His heart is gentle.<br>His compassion is real.</p>

<h2>A Simple Way to Come to Him</h2>

<p>If you want to bring your wounds to Jesus today, you can say something like this—quietly, honestly, in your own way:</p>

<blockquote>“Jesus, You know the pain I carry.
You know what has been done to me.
You understand my wounds better than anyone.
I look to You for healing, comfort, and hope.
Be close to me. Restore me.
Hold my heart in Your hands.
Amen.”</blockquote>

<h2>You Don’t Have to Carry This Alone</h2>

<p>Christ understands you.<br>Christ sees you.<br>Christ stands with you in your suffering.<br>And Christ offers healing—not because your wounds are small, but because His love is great.</p>

<p>Bring your wounds to Him.</p>

<p>By His wounds… you can be healed.</p>
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