Did you just go through something that has made you want to give up on relationships? Are you tired of opening your heart to people only to have them misuse you and leave? If so, here are 5 biblical things God wants you to do.

Breakups are rough. Your heart feels like a tennis ball after a match between the Williams sisters. Jumbled knots of anxiety tie up your stomach like a kitten’s been in your knitting project. Here are some things that helped me get through the hard times.

No one needs to teach us the law of retaliation (an eye for an eye). Our flesh is only satisfied when our aggressor becomes a victim. But this avenue only produces more retaliation. God has another path for us.

God begins by guiding us into His perfect plan with His biblical principles. Then come our faults and those of others; pain and broken heart. But this is not the end. God’s perfect plan includes healing, forgiveness, and resurrection.

When I got rejected, I questioned every detail, which only led to more pain. But I’ve learned there are better ways to deal with rejection.