What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

Back in February 1966 in the Hitsville USA, Studio A, a young man recorded a song newly written by Motown’s songwriting team of William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser and James Dean backed up with instrumental Motown’s in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers. Originally, the song was going to have a spoken word by this singer in the style of another well-known artist during that time but decided not use it in the final mix which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 6 on the Billboard R&B Single chart and No. 8 on the UK Chart for Jimmy Ruffin the elder brother of David Ruffin.

There’s a Jewish Proverb I read that goes like this: “God is closest to those with broken hearts”. This quote goes with our Scripture in your hearing. You see the righteous will cry out and the Lord will hear our cry and then he delivers those who are trouble. Not only God will hear your cry, but He will also bind up that broken heart saving those who’s spirit is crushed.

From mayoclinc.org, they describe a broken heart in the medical sense Broken heart syndrome is a temporary heart condition that's often brought on by stressful situations and extreme emotions. The condition can also be triggered by a serious physical illness or surgery. It may also be called stress cardiomyopathy, takotsubo cardiomyopathy or apical ballooning syndrome.

People with broken heart syndrome may have sudden chest pain or think they're having a heart attack. Broken heart syndrome affects just part of the heart, temporarily disrupting your heart's normal pumping function. The rest of the heart continues to function normally or may even have more forceful contractions.

The symptoms of broken heart syndrome are treatable, and the condition usually reverses itself in days or weeks.

Symptoms

Broken heart syndrome symptoms can mimic a heart attack. Common symptoms include:

Chest pain

Shortness of breath

Heartbreak is a universal experience that comes with intense emotional anguish and distress.

There are several types of having a broken heart I found:

Broken heart from grief. This is one of the common ways of having a broken heart when losing a loved one, spouse, friend or classmate.

Broken heart of divorce. When a couple splits due to something terrible happening in a marriage.

Broken heart of a break-up. This is when a couple who was deeply in love with each other and then suddenly breaks up.

So, what does the Bible says about having a broken heart and is there a remedy to a brokenhearted?

Let me give you an answer straight from Jesus himself, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me...” Luke 14:1. Don’t trouble yourself when you get a broken heart from another person.

Here are Biblical truths prescribed from the Word of God to help cure that broken heart or if you felt someone left you with a broken heart.

A) GOD CAN HEAL YOUR BROKEN HEART. Grandma Queen was the last of my grandparents left living in 2005. I grew up around her from Salem, NJ to Sylvania, GA and she was always my granny. I will never forget the last time I saw her; I lay near her when she was ill not saying anything but just being there. The morning of July 14th, the family got word that my grandma passed away; my heart broke in two. It was later God began to mend this broken heart of mine. No matter what becomes of that broken heart God will and can heal and bind up those wounds that are broken because in Psalms 147: 3 says, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds”.

B) GOD IS NEAR WHEN YOUR HEART IS BROKEN. God is near when that very thing has left in a heartbreak; you are not alone even when your spirit is crushed Psalms 34:18 tells us that, “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” Remember, you are not alone!

C) NO FEAR REQUIRED! Fear seems to be a coping mechanism that Satan uses to trick and confuses us to keep us in fear no matter what is going on. But I am here to announce to you from what the Prophet Isaiah told us to, “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” Isaiah 41:10. No matter what God got you! Here’s another one to remember, “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you” Deuteronomy 31:6.

And so, what becomes of those who has been broken hearted?