The Hunt for Healing: For My Family, For My Future
When life slows down and we reflect—on a late-night walk, around a firepit with friends, or camping in the mountains—our thoughts often settle in two places: For My Family, For My Future.
We wonder:
How can I be a better husband or wife?
How can I raise my children well in an increasingly broken world?
How can I prepare for the years ahead—spiritually, emotionally, financially?
These questions aren't just for parents. Whether you're a college student, a newlywed, or a grandparent, your heart is wired to care about your family and your future. Deep down, we know that when life comes to an end, we won't cling to our career accomplishments or bank accounts—we'll care about the people we loved and the legacy we left behind.
And that's why we're launching this series: For My Family, For My Future.
The Truth About Family: It’s Messy
Family sounds so sweet and wholesome—until you're actually part of one.
If we're being real: family gets complicated. Every single family has mess—every single one. Even in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, every family story is full of dysfunction.
Look at 1 Samuel 1: a man named Elkanah has two wives (Hannah and Peninnah), one who can't have children and another who mocks her mercilessly. Elkanah tries to mediate with awkward, insecure comfort ("Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?"), but the brokenness lingers.
If your family isn't perfect, you’re not alone. Every family is messed up because every person is messed up. And the brokenness in your family—whether from addiction, pride, pain, betrayal, or dysfunction—has a real impact on your heart.
But here’s the bigger truth: you're messed up too.
Not because you intended to be. Not because you're unworthy. But because we live in a world with a real enemy who is relentless in his mission to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10).
And one of his favorite battlegrounds is the family.
Everyone’s Hunting for Something
When we recognize our mess, a switch flips inside us. We go on the hunt:
Hunting for meaning ("Why did my parents hurt me?")
Hunting for someone to blame
Hunting for ways to numb the shame
Hunting for comfort, control, comparison
But if you want a different future for your family—if you want God's favor over your life—you need to go on a different hunt. You need to go on The Hunt for Healing.
Hannah’s Hunt for Healing
In the middle of her infertility, rejection, and heartbreak, Hannah didn't hunt for revenge.
She didn't hunt for pity or even for understanding from others.
Hannah hunted for healing—and she knew where to find it: in the presence of God.
1 Samuel 1 tells us she poured out her soul before the Lord—anguish, grief, raw emotion. She wasn't pretending. She wasn't performing. She was hunting for the only healing that could actually change her life.
And here’s the beautiful part:
"She went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast."
(1 Samuel 1:18)
Even before her circumstances changed, her heart changed. Healing had already begun.
Later, Hannah would give birth to Samuel—one of the greatest prophets in Israel’s history. But before God gave her a child, He healed her soul.
Healing Is the Best Thing You Can Do
You might not be able to change your family’s past.
You might not be able to erase the pain that’s shaped you.
But you can go on the hunt for healing.
Healing might look like:
Going to counseling
Having the hard conversations
Building healthy rhythms and disciplines
Facing the wounds you’ve carried for too long
Running toward Jesus instead of away from Him
Because here's the truth:
The best thing you can do for your family and your future is to heal.
Not to stay angry.
Not to stay stuck.
Not to keep repeating the same broken patterns.
You need to heal.
And when you go on the hunt for healing, you’ll always find yourself standing at the cross—the place where Jesus bore our wounds, carried our griefs, and by His stripes, we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).
Healing Brings Favor
Hannah’s name literally meant "favor," but for years her life didn’t feel anything like it.
Yet as she hunted for healing, she found not just restoration but favor from God.
You can too.
Your marriage can be blessed.
Your children can walk in wholeness.
Your legacy can be one of faith and hope and strength.
But it starts today, with one decision:
Choose the Hunt for Healing.
You don't have to stay broken.
You don't have to stay stuck.
You don't have to let the past dictate your future.
Go to the God who heals. Trust Him with your mess. Trust Him with your family. Trust Him with your future.
There’s no rock like our God—and He’s ready to meet you right where you are.
