Sharing life can be difficult. When our family and friends are
suffering, we suffer along with them, longing to take away their pain, their
loss, their sadness. Loving others sacrificially blesses them and, in due time,
we ourselves will be blessed.
Jesus is the
perfect example of sacrificial love. He separated Himself from His Father in
heaven, choosing to live out a life for one purpose only. That purpose was to
die in our place, to suffer the consequences of all of our sin, to take on a
fallen world in what was the most agonizing death of all time, and He overcame
death for us.
If you are in an
exhausting situation of care giving, of uncertainty, of giving, if you are
tired and weary of waiting and wondering, let Jesus comfort you. He has been
along the same, tough road and He understands.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves
those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their
wounds. Psalm 147:3
Sometimes, others
can’t give us just what we need, but Jesus can. He came to do just that. Here
are the words Jesus quoted, words prophesied long before His birth. Let them
comfort you.
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon Me,
because the Lord has anointed Me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent
me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and
release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1
Jesus,
Comfort the care givers and their families. Give strength to
the weak. Give us hope when we see none. Be our guide and our protector. You will lift us up.
Amen
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