Has God ever removed feeling and a broken heart for you?

I started a thread called "The Letting Go Barrell", a place to dump these people who we still have feelings for, and many times these people have hurt us badly. As I was reading that thread, I thought of the question,

Have you ever prayed and asked God to remove feelings you had for someone, and or to heal your broken heart?

If you did, was the prayer answered? If so, how long did it take?

Can you share your story?

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"These Things I Have Spoken Unto You
That In Me Ye Might Have Peace. In the World Ye Shall
Have Tribulation, But Be Of Good Cheer; I Have Overcome
The World" -- John 16:33

I'm convinced that I had God's help in getting over a relationship in high school. My girlfriend and I had recently broken up after dating for about nine months, and I was pretty torn up about it. She gave me no clue that anything was wrong; she just dropped a bomb on me and left me scratching my head.

Not long after we broke up, I was driving around town one evening looking for a place to get some dinner. The first place I went to was really crowded, so I went across the road to another fast food place. As I pulled into the parking lot, I saw her walking to a car with some guy I didn't recognize, and it was obvious that this wasn't the first time they had been around each other (you can finish that mental image yourself). It took every ounce of restraint in my body to keep from walking over and saying something to her, but I kept on going, not quite believing what I had seen. Needless to say, seeing her at school for the next few days was not a pleasant experience, but I never said anything to her about seeing her that night.

I don't believe in coincidence. The circumstances surrounding this incident were too perfect and too unusual to happen by chance. I believe it was God's way of slapping me in the face and telling me to snap out of it and move on instead of wasting my time on a girl who cared only about herself.

I cried and cried and cried and cried, I talked to whomever would listen, I turned to material things to fill my void, I was sick to my stomach at various times. To put it plainly, I was a basket case. I did everything but turn to the Lord; this prolonged my pain. I eventually did come to Him, but even still, for every day we were together it took that long for me to heal. Eventually I realized I was in pain for the wrong reason. I should have been in tears not because I lost my SO but because my God was not at the head of my life or my relationship. To receive healing for a broken heart: 1. Turn to Him first 2. Be patient 3. Surround yourself with people/activites to keep your mind off the situation.

Heh, I cried the day i finally didn't have to cry about him anymore. I'm far too emotional.

lol, in a nutshell, the Lord does heal, every time.

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A strong thing to do mbuc. Do not let your heart be crashed and walked on but instead give to the Lord to guard it for you. Im truly sorry for that incident mbuc and I hope you have healed from it. Amen to that LifeInYou! very strong crowd!
both your signatures are awesome!

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Letting go of resentment annd bitterness is a good thing. Being able to accept the reality that someone no longer loves or cares about you is hard but necessary.

In the case of a divorce where children are involved, it is not a simple matter of erasing that person from your mind. You need to continue dealing with them, and each encounter can be as difficult as the initial separation. The same feelings and frustrations keep coming to the surface. It is painful to see the person you once loved do all they can to destroy you. I sometimes wonder whether a divorce in these circumstances is harder to work through than the death of a spouse.

It changes your perspective on people. You begin to see the dark side of human nature. After a while nothing surprises you, and you learn to take it in its stride. With God's help, your attitudes can be changed. He can help you respond with kindness, and show forgiveness in the face of such hate. After five years of divorce I think this is happening in my life.

He shows you your own heart, and helps you see that it is just as much in need of His forgiveness.

He helps you bear up under the strain and go forward.

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mbuc,

I've been in a simlar situation. A girl I was seeing forward me an email. The email from from her boyfriend. She meant to just forward me the body of the message, but I got the whole thing. At the top there was the words "I love you" in big red letters. Yeah, it is a wake up call, and it is not fun.

Life In You,
You are right, the patience thing is what I always seem to have a hard time with.


When I started this thread, I was hoping to hear a testimony of someone praying and having their pain lifted immediately. Perhaps it's never happened?

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"These Things I Have Spoken Unto You
That In Me Ye Might Have Peace. In the World Ye Shall
Have Tribulation, But Be Of Good Cheer; I Have Overcome
The World" -- John 16:33

I wish that were true sometimes, but in my case I became much stronger because I was forced to deal with reality instead of being relieved of my pain immediately. My prayers were answered, as they always are, but not in a way that I expected, and I'm a better person because of it.

Well, it wasn't immediate, but since my break up it's only been a month and a week. And i have to tell you the pain is almost totaly gone. I was completely heartbroken after she left me so abruptly. I can honestly say tho that the first place I turned was GOD! There was no other place or person i felt i could even go to. I had freinds that were really suportive and helped, but the only reason I feel i'm doing as well as i am today is because God has been with me. I'm still unsure about what happend or why it happend, I still have some feelings for her, and I still miss her at times, but I no longer feel a lot of pain. I thank God so much for being so great and answering my prayers.

I dont believe I ever asked God to take away the pain and aching in my heart. So I guess I just suffered with it. I believe that pain is a part of life but its meant to shape us into better people.

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With my first boyfriend, it was absolutely devastating. I was 22 and I cried every day for months. I lived in a small town so somehow managed to see him almost every day without trying. It was not nice. I think working through the grief is so important. For me that was crying a lot. I had not only lost a serious boyfriend I had lost my best friend. I actually thought I would never meet anyone else and would be alone forever (I am married with a 2yo so that is not true at all)