When Healing Is Hardਨਮੂਨਾ

When Help Didn’t Come From Who You Expected

“The sick man answered Him, ‘Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.’”
—John 5:7 (NKJV)

“I have no one to help me.”

Can you hear the ache in those words?

The man at the pool had been waiting for healing for 38 years. Year after year, he watched others receive what he was still praying for. Each time the water stirred, hope would rise—only to be crushed again when someone else got there first. And the only thing he could say when Jesus asked him if he wanted to be made well was this:

“I have no one.”

Have you ever felt that way?

Maybe your healing journey has been long and lonely. Maybe the people who should’ve protected you turned their backs on you—or worse, caused the harm. Maybe the ones you expected to support you were too busy, too broken, or too unaware to notice what you were carrying.

It’s okay to be honest about that pain. It’s okay to grieve the absence of the help you needed. It’s okay to admit that your heart has questioned:

• Why didn’t they show up for me?
• Why did I have to go through that alone?
• Why did they let me suffer in silence?

Friend, Jesus sees you.

The man may have believed no one cared, but Jesus cared. He may have believed no one would come, but Jesus came. His help didn’t come in the way he expected, but his help did come.

Jesus became the very help he didn’t think he had.

Jesus is here, and He cares deeply about the condition of your heart and life.

Prayer:

Jesus,

There have been moments when I felt forgotten… like no one saw my pain or stayed to help carry it. But today, I choose to believe that You see me. You care. You’ve never left my side.
Be my Help, my Healer, and my Hope. Thank You for showing up when others didn’t. I trust You to walk with me through the rest of this journey. Amen.

Journal Prompt:

Who or what have you been waiting on for healing, and is it time to look to Jesus as your source of help?