heal over

I think something that's important to remember is that hearts cannot be mended by humans. They can certainly be broken by them but I think too often we look to those same people, or sometimes other people, to pick up the pieces and sew them all back together. It's not possible. It's one of those things we forget. Looking to other people to mend our hearts is like looking to other people to make us happy - and while that's another thing we forget, I'm pretty sure that if we expect satisfaction from others, we will be disappointed. We cannot expect joy from imperfect beings - not eternal joy, anyway. Maybe not even long-term joy... just temporary joy. So the same goes for hearts. Maybe somebody can mend the pieces temporarily, maybe even the same person that broke it in the first place, but it will be missing a couple of pieces until we ask God to mend it.