When Love Steps Into The Broken Places

When Love Steps Into the Broken Places

There are women in bible stories who walked through shame, rejection, and deep pain—women who carried wounds that society ignored or judged. And yet, every time Jesus met one of these women, something extraordinary happened.

He didn’t turn away.
He didn’t condemn.
He didn't judge them.

Instead, He moved toward them with gentleness, dignity, and a kind of love that restores the parts of a soul others tried to destroy. He healed them, noticed them and loved them.

For many survivors of extreme abuse, ritual harm, mind control, and childhood trafficking—especially those who endured torment from people who not only harmed them in the name of Jesus but actually posed as if they were Him—the very name of Jesus can feel tangled with terror, betrayal, and confusion. When someone evil disguises themselves as a protector or savior, when an abuser plays the role of “Jesus” and speaks twisted versions of sacred words to justify harm, it creates a wound that reaches into the deepest parts of the mind.

But the genuine Jesus—the One who protected women, honored them, restored them—is entirely different from those who impersonated Him. The difference between them is absolute:
One is the Healer. The other is the deceiver.
One is the Protector. The other is the violator.
One brings life. The other brings destruction.
This is who He truly is.

The Woman at the Well: Seen, Not Shamed

There was a woman who carried a story heavy with loneliness, mistakes, and social rejection. People looked at her and saw failure. Jesus looked at her and saw a daughter whose heart mattered. He spoke to her with respect, in a time when most would have ignored someone like her; a Samaritan woman. He acknowledged her and her painful history—not to shame her, but to free her from it. For survivors, especially those who were isolated and told they were unworthy, this moment shows something profound:
Jesus does not recoil from the places others used against you.
He moves toward them with truth that restores, not truth that crushes.
Jesus never shames the wounded. He lifts them out of shame.

The Woman Who Reached for Healing: Touched Him But Was Never Violated

Another woman lived for years with an issue of bleeding, a condition that made her considered unclean and untouchable. She was pushed aside, misunderstood, seen as someone to avoid. But when she reached for Jesus, knowing that if she could just touch his garment she was trembling and desperate, but He didn’t shame her boldness. He didn’t step back. He didn’t accuse.
He turned toward her.
He called her daughter.
He restored her dignity in front of everyone who had dismissed and shamed her.
For anyone whose boundaries were violated in horrific ways, this story reveals a completely different kind of touch—one that honors, protects, and heals.
Jesus never invades. He heals.
He never takes. He restores.
He never uses. He protects.
Jesus never takes; He gives wholeness, identity, and safety.

The Woman Who Wept at His Feet: Love Without Corruption

There was also a woman known for her promiscuous past, a past on the streets that people used to define her. When she approached Jesus in deep sorrow, others judged her instantly. But He defended her, protected her from their harsh words, and honored the honesty of her heart. She washed his feet with her tears using her hair. She was not welcomed by others in the home. They didn't want to look at her. They thought she was worthless.
Jesus welcomed her. He saw her human condition. He valued her. Because she was forgiven much and loved much she loved much.

For survivors who have seen “love” twisted into something harmful, this story reveals a love that is nothing like what abusers claim.
Jesus’s love purifies; it never contaminates.
It restores; it never destroys.
It honors; it never manipulates.
His love cannot be corrupted because He Himself is pure.

For the survivors who were abused by those pretending to be Jesus:
They said things He never said.
They acted in ways He never acted.
They used phrases He spoke in gentleness as weapons of terror.

While these men were committing extreme abuse the real Jesus Christ of Nazareth was doing something completely different:
He was stepping between the abuser and the child.
He was taking on the impact of the suffering.
He was shielding the child’s inner self.
He was holding the child while it happened.
He was carrying the part of them that could not survive the terror.
The abuser never touched the child’s true self. Jesus preserved it.
This is what evil never intended: that the child’s spirit would be carried in the arms of the very One the impostor pretended to be.

The Gift of Dissociation: God’s Protection in the Darkest Places

Many who endured childhood trafficking, ritual abuse, or mind control learned to dissociate. Far from being a weakness, dissociation is a powerful survival mechanism—a shield the mind creates when escape is impossible. Think of it this way: He stepped in, took the suffering onto Himself, and lifted the child’s spirit away from the unbearable moment, giving them the ability to go away to a safe inner place where He held them. He absorbed the impact that would have shattered them. He protected their core self.
Dissociation was not abandonment.
It was rescue.
It was God’s protection, not the child’s failure.
It was the mind and spirit being ushered into a safe inner room while the body endured what it could not control.

When Safety Comes, Jesus Guides the Healing

When survivors finally reach safety and stability, memories may begin to return in small portions. This is not re-traumatization; it is part of healing. The same Jesus who held the child during the trauma now gently guides the adult through the truth. He:
reconnects the mind to what was separated,
restores emotions that were numbed for survival,
brings clarity where confusion once lived,
rebuilds trust inside the body,
and tenderly helps the survivor reclaim what was stolen.
He does not rush.
He does not overwhelm.
He walks with compassion and steadiness.

Jesus restores Identity—just like he did for those women. Each of the women He met experienced restoration of their:
dignity,
identity,
humanity,
and sense of worth.

And survivors today experience the same:
Jesus truly gives us back our mind, emotions, body, and soul.
He restores what was taken.
He heals what was shattered.
He brings back the parts that dissociated for safety.
He rebuilds the person God created them to be.

Where abusers used God’s name to inflict terror, the real Jesus offers protection, tenderness, and restoration.
Where darkness tried to destroy innocence, He preserved it.
Where lies tried to silence truth, He brings clarity.
Where shame tried to bury identity, He calls forth dignity and purpose.

This is who He truly is:
The One who sees. The One who heals. The One who restores.

And nothing—absolutely nothing—that was done against you can change His love for you.