Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds, but Jesus Does

We say it like it’s gospel truth: “Give it time.” As if minutes and months had healing power. As if calendars could mend a heart. But time, by itself, only moves the clock. It doesn’t restore what’s been torn.

If anything, time just gives the wound space to breathe. It can dull the sharpness, but it can’t close the cut. Time might teach us endurance, but it can’t perform surgery. Only the Healer can do that.

Psalm 147:3 says, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” I love that it says both. He heals--that’s the inner restoration. He binds--that’s the daily care. The process isn’t instant. It’s personal. God bandages the places time cannot reach. He holds together what grief tried to scatter.

The world tells you to “move on.” Jesus tells you to “move under," under His care, His covering, His constant attention. He doesn’t let the wound fester or define you; He tends it until even the scar tells His story instead of yours.

Time might take the edge off, but it can’t make you whole. Only Jesus can do that. And if you’re still feeling the ache, it doesn’t mean you’re behind; it means He’s still binding. He’s still near. The clock keeps ticking, but the healing is happening right now, under His hands.