Don’t Rush Your Healing: Giving Your Heart Time to Recover

Today’s episode explores one of the hardest truths about healing: Your heart heals on its own timeline — not the one your mind thinks it should follow.

Del shares a raw, moving story about saying goodbye to her grand-dog Mr. Peppers and the unexpected sign of comfort that arrived the very next day. This full-circle moment becomes a powerful lesson in letting your heart take the time it needs to recover, even when you’ve accepted the reality and made peace with the decision.

You’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of why healing isn’t linear, why readiness doesn’t replace grief, and how God often brings quiet comfort long before He brings clarity.

In this episode, Del explores:

• Why being “ready” doesn’t remove the emotional sting
• How grief and peace can co-exist in the same moment
• The quiet ways God comforts us when our hearts are tender
• Why emotional healing can’t be rushed or scheduled
• What it looks like to trust God’s timeline over your own
• How to stop pressuring yourself to “be okay” before you really are

Journal Prompt:

Where in my life am I rushing myself to “be okay,” instead of honoring the time my heart truly needs?

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