What Healing Looks Like When God is in It

There’s a kind of healing that doesn’t make headlines — but it transforms you deeply.  

In this post, I share what healing has looked like in my own life when God is the one doing the mending.  

It’s quiet. It’s holy. And it’s enough.

What Healing Looks Like When God Is In It

There’s a kind of healing that doesn’t come with fireworks.  

No dramatic turning point.  

No moment where everything suddenly makes sense.

It comes quietly.  

Softly.  

In moments that seem ordinary… but are filled with Heaven’s fingerprints.

It looks like waking up and realizing that your heart doesn’t ache in the same way it used to.  

It looks like not crying over that name anymore.  

It looks like peace… where chaos once lived rent-free.

God’s healing doesn’t always announce itself.  

Sometimes, it tiptoes in while you’re pouring a cup of tea or watching the sun rise behind Tigoni’s misty hills.  

Sometimes it shows up in laughter that catches you off guard — or a worship song that suddenly feels like it was written just for your journey.

It’s in the steady rebuilding.  

In the boundaries you never had before.  

In the soft “no” that used to scare you, but now sets you free.

And here’s the beautiful thing:  

Healing doesn’t mean you’re never sad again.  

It means sadness no longer defines you.

It means God has touched your heart in places no one else could reach —  

and now, even in your cracks, His light shines through.

This…  


This is what healing looks like when God is in it.  

Not loud. Not rushed.  

But deep. True. Lasting.

And I’m still walking it.  

But every step feels a little lighter now.

With love and courage — Cyprine Omollo



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