Life Hurts. Love Heals.
©2025 Susan Noyes Anderson
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Life hurts. Love heals.
God allows us all the feels.
Hardship rains down on our hearts –
clouds our vision, stops our starts.
Peace arrives on wings of love –
angels, called by heaven above.
Spirit helpmates, earthly friends
lift us till the trouble ends.
Outcomes matter to us all.
Will we rise, or will we fall?
From the body to the soul,
only One can make us whole.
By His grace, we walk on earth,
born to trouble from our birth.
Healing comes to those who pray,
but it comes in Christ’s own way.
Body, spirit, mind, and heart –
closely tied yet worlds apart.
God’s gifts are divine in deed,
customized to each child’s need.
When we to our knees are driven,
may we praise the healing given
in whatever form it takes,
His succor fashioned for our sakes.
Life hurts. Love heals.
God allows us all the feels.
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“𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔, 𝒂𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂 ‘𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈’ 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 ‘𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅’ 𝒃𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒔.” Dallin H. Oakes
If this poem about hardship and adversity (coupled with God’s healing) resonates with you, you might also relate to Becoming Hurts. Other related poems are listed below. Opening the category “Hardship Poems” is another way to find many more poems on the subject.
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