Healing in the Midst of Pain

Healing in the Midst of Pain You can still be healing… even when it still hurts.

There’s a truth I’ve come to know deeply—not because someone preached it, but because I lived it: Pain doesn’t pause life. We keep going. We show up. We carry responsibilities, smile when we’re breaking, and hold everything together for everyone else.

But what happens when the pain we’re carrying doesn’t have time to be named, felt, or released?

We bury it. Not because we’re weak—but because we’re busy. Because we’re tired. Because healing often feels like a luxury, we don’t have time for.

Recently, I led a workshop titled Healing in the Midst of Pain. And one thing became overwhelmingly clear: God doesn’t wait until we have it all together to meet us. He comes right into the messy middle. Into the moments when we’re functioning but fragile. When we’re still showing up but secretly struggling.

In that sacred space, He says:

“You’re still mine. And I’m still healing you.”

The Process of Healing

In the workshop, we walked through a simple but powerful framework:

1. Name the pain You cannot surrender what you’re unwilling to acknowledge. Some pain is old, some recent, but all of it deserves space to be named.

2. Surrender the pain This is where we stop carrying what God has already promised to take. Surrender doesn’t mean we’re weak—it means we trust Him with what we cannot fix on our own.

3. Walk through it with God’s strength Healing isn’t always instant, but it is intentional. We walk through it one step at a time, covered by grace.

One of the participants shared this:

“This helped me speak the pain I’ve been burying. I didn’t realize how much I was holding until I started naming it and giving it to God.”

Friend, if you’re in a season where you’ve been managing everything—but haven’t had time to tend to your own healing—I want you to know this:

God is concerned about the pain you are carrying. And He wants to heal it.

There Is Grace for the Middle

You don’t have to wait until the schedule clears. You don’t have to pretend it doesn’t hurt. And you don’t have to hide your pain behind your praise.

There is grace for the middle—for the woman who is healing while still hurting. God specializes in meeting us exactly where we are and walking with us into the wholeness He promised.

A Gentle Next Step

If you're ready to take a small step toward healing, I created a short digital guide called Grace for the Middle. It’s filled with scriptures, reflections, and space to process with God.

You can download it for just $5 here: https://www.destinedforpurposeatl.org/product-page/grace-in-the-middle

Final Word

Healing doesn’t always look like shouting victory. Sometimes it looks like finally naming what hurt. Sometimes it looks like releasing what you weren’t meant to carry. Sometimes it’s just showing up—tear-streaked, weary, but willing.

And if that’s where you are, you’re not behind. You're exactly where God wants to meet you.

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