5 Minutes with Jesus is a daily devotional series for people in the midst of real life, whether facing anxiety, grief, questions of purpose, or simply needing encouragement and connection. Hosted by Sheila Walsh, each five-minute episode offers Biblical truth, honest reflections on faith and emotions, and closes with a moment of prayer.
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| Sheila Walsh: God Heals Broken Heart | 5 Minutes with Jesus | February 11, 2026
- Have you been
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- Betrayed by someone you trusted, someone you loved?
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- That is such a profound pain.
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- I understand that.
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- And i know your first reaction is
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- You want them to know how much they've hurt you.
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- But let's you and i do what david did.
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- Let's take all of those emotions first
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- And lay them on the lord, because he can handle them.
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- We can give them to the lord, and he promises
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- He will take care of you.
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- One of the most devastating things in life
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- Is to be betrayed by someone you've loved and trusted.
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- You know,
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- It's hard enough
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- When someone kind of on the outside circle of your life.
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- But when it's
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- Someone close to you, it's honestly heartbreaking.
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- Psychologists agree it's one of the worst
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- Kinds of pain a human being can ever experience.
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- And the deeper our relationship with the one who betrayed us,
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- The more agonizing the pain.
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- And honestly, i think it's harder to
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- When it's a fellow believer.
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- We expect more from each other whom we profess
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- To love and follow jesus.
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- When i think of outrageous betrayal,
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- I often think about the grace christ extended
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- To judas on the night he was betrayed by him.
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- He washed due to his feet,
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- And he shared a meal with a man
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- That he knew and a matter of hours
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- What's about to turn him over to his enemies?
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- And that would lead to his execution.
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- And you might be tempted to think, well, that was jesus.
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- This is me. good point.
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- Until we remember that although he was still god,
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- Jesus was fully man, experiencing
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- The same pain and heartache that we do.
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- So how do you deal with something like that?
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- What does god's word say we should do?
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- One of the most painful stories of betrayal in the bible
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- Find it in the old testament, when king david was betrayed
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- By his own son, absalom.
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- But as a parent, i can't even imagine.
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- That must be heartbreaking.
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- And not only had david's own son turned against him
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- And plotted to have his father killed,
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- But one of david's best friends had joined in with a son.
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- David writes about it in psalm 55.
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- A hit, the fail was one of david's most trusted advisors.
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- And this is what david wrote in verses 12 through 14.
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- It's not an enemy who taunts me.
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- I could bear that.
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- It's not my foes who so arrogantly insult me.
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- I could have hidden from them.
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- Instead, it's you, my equal.
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- My companion and close friend.
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- What good fellowship we once enjoyed as we walked
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- Together to the house of god.
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- When you can hear the pain in david's voice.
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- This was a man who he not only trusted,
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- But walked to worship god together with.
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- Have you ever been there?
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- Someone in your church or small group?
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- Someone that you worshiped with.
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- When someone like that turns on you, you feel blindsided.
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- You just didn't see it coming.
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- So what did david do?
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- The very first thing he did was he knew where to take his pain.
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- In verses 1 to 2, he writes, listen to my prayer,
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- O god, do not ignore my cry for help.
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- Please listen and answer me, for i am
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- Overwhelmed by my troubles.
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- I love that that's
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- The first place david went from a heart.
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- The temptation is to immediately
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- Unload on the one who has hurt us.
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- But we are invited to take it first to jesus,
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- Who understands the deep wound of betrayal.
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- Next, david expressed his longing
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- For a kind of a time out, a place to run to.
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- He writes, oh, that i had wings like a dove.
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- Then i would fly away and rest.
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- I would fly far away to the quiet of the wilderness.
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- You know, there's something very valuable
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- About taking a bit of a timeout and my own life.
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- I've learned the difference between reacting and responding.
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- You know, when someone has hurt me, i want to react.
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- I want to let them know that they've hurt me.
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- But it always feels just a little.
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- Control time.
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- Time helps us to respond rather than react.
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- But i think that the next thing david did was huge.
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- He got angry.
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- I mean, really angry.
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- But he took it to god.
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- This is what he wrote.
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- Let death stop my enemies.
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- Let the grave swallow them alive. why?
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- He didn't try to tidy himself up or sound more spiritual.
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- He poured out the rage that was inside him.
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- But he did it before god, not the ones who had hurt him.
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- When trust is broken, it's very hard to overcome.
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- It takes time, and when you feel
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- It, you're able to talk to the one who's hurt you.
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- And forgiveness doesn't always mean restoration.
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- What forgiveness does is that it sets us free.
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- I love
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- David's final advice in verse 22 of the psalm.
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- He says this give your burdens to the lord,
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- And he will take care of you.
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- Have you been betrayed by someone you trusted,
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- Someone you loved?
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- That is such a profound pain.
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- I understand that, and i know your first reaction is
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- You want them to know how much they've hurt you.
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- And lets you and i do what david did.
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- Let's take all of those emotions first
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- And lay them on the lord, because he can handle them.
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- I can give them to the lord, and he promises
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- He will take care of you.
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- Let me pray for you.
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- Lord, i want to thank you so much
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- That you have walked where we walk.
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- And if anyone understands betray
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- And yet you've shown us how
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- To walk through these difficult situations in life.
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- Even with your servant david,
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- Who had one of his closest friends aligned with his son
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- Against him.
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- How heartbreaking that had to be.
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- But we learn from him to take all that pain to you.
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- And not that we don't get to be angry, we get to be angry,
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- But we get to share that in front of you
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- So that you're able then to give us the grace to let go
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- And to forgive and to heal.
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- I thank you for that.
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- In jesus name. amen.
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