Healing the Wounds of War

ABRAHAM was in a guerrilla army for 20 years.  But he has stopped fighting and will never go to war again. In fact, some of his former enemies are now his closest friends.  What made him change?  The Bible did. It gave Abraham hope and insight, helping him to view human affairs from God's standpoint. The Bible took away his desire to fight, and he started to heal his sorrow, grief, hatred, and bitterness. He found that the Bible contains potent medicine for the heart.  

How does the Bible help a person to heal emotional wounds? it could not change what happened to Abraham. Still, reading and meditating on God's Word brought is thinking in line with that of the Creator. He now has a hope for the future, and he has new priorities.  Things important o God have become important o him. Once this started to happen, the wounds in his heart began to heal. That is how Abraham was helped to change. 

Next time: Plunged into Civil War

From the Watchtower magazine, 2001