Shelly Brush

Hello! My name is Shelly Brush. I am married to my wonderful husband, Ron. We celebrated our 40th Wedding Anniversary last September! We also celebrated my oldest daughter getting married last August! I am a blessed mom of 2 adult daughters and now a wonderful son-n-law. One of the things Ron and I enjoy is taking walks/hikes together. We also love to travel to different areas together when we get the opportunity. He is retired Air Force; so we were able to live in a few different locations, including South Korea. A fun fact about me is that I began taking clarinet lessons about 4 years ago. I am now part of 2 ensembles; The New Horizon Band (For those 50 years and older); and our local university offers University Band in the Springtime for college students and community members. This has been a nice challenge to help me grow in my knowledge of the clarinet and music. Experiencing the growth, as I put in the practice, has been rewarding. It also has allowed opportunities for me to meet various people in the community.

Thank you for taking time to read my #StandWithMe page. I would like to take the time to share why I am compassionate about Healing Hearts Ministries. In 2021, I signed up to take the Bible study called Binding Up The Brokenhearted, (a study specifically for women who have had an abortion). There were not any live groups in my area at the time; but, I was given the opportunity to take the study online, with an online counselor. I signed up to take the 10-11 week study. The Lord used the truths in His Word to correct my thinking about Him as I worked through each chapter with the leading of my counselor. In the Bible passage of Luke chapter 4 and verse 18, Jesus was reading in the synagogue from the passage of Isaiah, verse 18, “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED.” All the eyes were on Him when He finished reading; then He closed the book and sat down, in verse 21, He said to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” Jesus came to bind up the brokenhearted! My sin of abortion made me captive to shame and guilt. I knew that I was far from God; but I didn’t want to be. I looked pretty good on the outside; but inside I was full of anxiety and fear. I was blind to see the goodness of God in my life and I didn’t think that I should ever be set free from my sin of abortion. I was broken over what I did and confessed it to God over and over again; but I was missing something. As I worked through each chapter of the study, God began to speak to my heart about forgiveness and trusting Him. I realized that the guilt and shame I had over my sins was actually a healthy heart before the Lord and that I didn’t need to run from Him; but I could run to Him. He began to show me the pride that I didn’t know was in my heart. My pride of unbelief. I was resolved to “beat myself up” the rest of my life. I didn’t deserve forgiveness; I had done too much was my thinking. This study showed me that I didn’t deserve forgiveness; but He was offering me grace and I needed to receive it by faith alone. He was calling me to trust Him for full forgiveness. His Word, through this study, showed me all that He went through to take our punishment for our sins. Justice was met through Christ alone and the work He did on the cross for sinners. This broke my heart when I realized I wasn’t trusting what He went through to forgive me, that somehow I needed to add to it by working harder or punishing myself. When I was confronted of the pride of unbelief, I repented and He gave me the faith to believe Him and the work He did on the cross so that I could be set free from all of my sins. This study took the focus off of myself and onto my Savior, Jesus Christ. I now am confident that I am forgiven in Christ. He opened my blind eyes; now as I continue to read Scripture, I can see how Good He really is and how trustworthy He is. He has corrected my wrong thinking of Him. This has allowed me to freely forgive those who have hurt me as well; because I truly know how much I have been forgiven. Although, our sins carry great consequences, I now have peace with God through Jesus Christ. This peace is worth more than anything this world can offer. I am clothed in His righteousness! I know how much He truly loves me and because of His love I desire to serve Him by trusting and obeying His perfect laws. He continues to work in my life daily as I learn to trust Him more.

I would like to ask you to prayerfully support Healing Hearts through your prayers. Also, if you are led to also financially give to this ministry; you will be supporting me and others who are called to bring the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those broken by their sins and/or sins that have been committed against them through these Bible studies. I have been trained by Healing Hearts Ministries to lead classes in my local church. I am thankful that this ministry has mentored me and has helped me grow in being able to lead classes. I also, do online counseling for those who do not have local access to the studies. Your support will help us to continue Jesus’ instructions to go…..make disciples…..and teach others to obey everything He commanded us. I have been blessed to witness other women experience the Love of God as they learned to trust Him for forgiveness. You would be supporting us to comfort those who need the comfort that we have received through Him…when we truly believe that He desires to set us free from our sins….ALL sins.

Thank you for taking time to learn more about this much needed ministry! Any support you offer is appreciated to allow me to continue to counsel through His Word!

Shelly Brush
Healing Hearts Certified Leader