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Hannah Benson reminds us that even in seasons of deep heartache, God is near. Drawing on Psalm 34:18, this devotional illustrates how God gently removes our illusions of control and calls us to surrender, trusting Him through grief, loss, and uncertainty. In doing so, He transforms our pain into opportunities for growth and deepened faith.

Highlights

• God draws near to the brokenhearted and saves those crushed in spirit.

• Painful loss and heartache can reveal areas of life where God desires greater trust and surrender.

• Surrendering to God, even amid fear and uncertainty, allows His grace and peace to work within us.

• Life’s trials can deepen intimacy with God, helping us lean on Him instead of our own control.

• Scripture reassures that Jesus remains constant and faithful, even when our hearts hurt (Hebrews 13:8).

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Full Transcript Below:

Hope When Your Heart Hurts

By Hannah Benson

Bible Reading:

“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted

and saves the crushed in spirit.” - Psalm 34:18 (ESV)

Tears filled my eyes.

Why did it have to hurt so much?

I was 15 years old, a tender homeschooled high school sophomore, and for the first time in my life, I’d thought I’d found my very own kindred spirit. We’d not known each other long, but already, it felt as if we’d known each other forever. Perhaps we’d be forever friends, like Anne of Green Gables and her kindred spirit, Diana, or Katie Weldon and Christy Miller (from Robin Jones Gunn’s bestselling Christy Miller series).

But it didn’t turn out that way, and looking back, I recognize that I clung to this friendship with an iron fist until it became more important to me than God.

An idol.

We know from Scripture that God, rightly so, will not permit idols in our lives (Exodus 20:3, 4; 1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 Samuel 5:2-4). Anything that we hold tighter than God becomes an idol, which He will either remove or put into its proper place in our lives.

The removal of something, something that might even be good, and surrendering to God’s will, hurts sometimes.

When God allowed that friend to walk away from my life, it hurt so terribly.

I shed countless tears.

But even as I wept, in the deepest parts of my soul, something was happening.

I didn’t know it at the time, but I realize now that the Lord was peeling back a layer of myself, exposing me to His grace.

And as

Abraham is a model of faith, giving up his homeland and travelling to the unseen land of promise. People who live by faith prove by their lifestyle that they are seeking a homeland above. Do we live that way? Do we have such faith?