Pain
In the last few days I have rubbed raw some places on my skin, how acutely painful they are right now. Interestingly, my heart is a bit raw right now too.
"He is close to the brokenhearted..." Yes, He is.
I think of a few dear friends I know right now, who are raw on the inside. One couple lost a son in the past few months, one man is in a storm, another is in a time of testing. God is in each of these situations, working, answering, acting through the pain.
I was struck as I was listening to a song on my nano, based on the verse found in Jeremiah 33,
‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
I wrote this verse in my journal several weeks ago. I was pressing into the LORD; my heart longed for him to answer me in a certain way. As I listened to the song, I mused:
God has answered me. He is showing me great and mighty things. Things I did not know. Not necessarily the way I had hoped or dreamed or even what I had anticipated, but He has and is answering.
So when He does answer us, and yet His answer is not exactly what I wanted it to be, how do I respond? I was taken back with my own pouty, child-like response. Oh Lord, this hurts!
It is hard when things go awry. I know pain is not the enemy, yet rather than asking Him to take away the pain, I am learning to pray He transforms me, changes my heart and matures me. (James 1:2-4) I am trusting Him to do this in me, for His glory.
God has answered, through His answer good things come, a harvest of righteousness, where hope springs eternal. Pain is not the enemy; pain often has something good to teach us.
"He who has ears, let him listen."
"He is close to the brokenhearted..." Yes, He is.
I think of a few dear friends I know right now, who are raw on the inside. One couple lost a son in the past few months, one man is in a storm, another is in a time of testing. God is in each of these situations, working, answering, acting through the pain.
I was struck as I was listening to a song on my nano, based on the verse found in Jeremiah 33,
‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
I wrote this verse in my journal several weeks ago. I was pressing into the LORD; my heart longed for him to answer me in a certain way. As I listened to the song, I mused:
God has answered me. He is showing me great and mighty things. Things I did not know. Not necessarily the way I had hoped or dreamed or even what I had anticipated, but He has and is answering.
So when He does answer us, and yet His answer is not exactly what I wanted it to be, how do I respond? I was taken back with my own pouty, child-like response. Oh Lord, this hurts!
It is hard when things go awry. I know pain is not the enemy, yet rather than asking Him to take away the pain, I am learning to pray He transforms me, changes my heart and matures me. (James 1:2-4) I am trusting Him to do this in me, for His glory.
God has answered, through His answer good things come, a harvest of righteousness, where hope springs eternal. Pain is not the enemy; pain often has something good to teach us.
"He who has ears, let him listen."
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