In the suffering you’re faced with the question — if God is all that I have, is that enough for me?
He is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:18)
His promise to you when you are suffering is He is close.
Is that enough?
God, the creator of Heavens and Earth, thought so. It was enough for Him to choose to go to the cross so He could be close with us forever.
Isn’t that really what our heart is longing for? To be close with those that we love. It’s what grief is all about….the absence of the physical presence of the one you love.
God is love, and love transcends all time and space and understanding.
The same love is living inside of us.
Isn’t that amazingly beautiful?
I think that thought can get easily blocked when we are in the middle of our pain because in our human mind pain means there’s not love.
Which is why we often FEEL God is absent in our pain.
But in His Word he tells us He is close.
Do you think He put it that way because He knew how easily we’d forget that? That He knew how much we’d blame Him for our pain? That He wishes so badly He could explain it all to us but He knows that it won’t make sense to our human mind? So He promises this…..I am close to you. I am right here.
It’s like the child who runs to their room to throw a tantrum after they didn’t get their way….what they really need is for their mommy or daddy to come in, step into their pain and be with them. Hold them. Remind them that everything is going to be alright. Because they see the bigger picture. They hold more wisdom. They have experienced more pain which has resulted in deeper love.
Do you believe that God wants to do the same for you? Do you believe that He loves you so deeply and wishes so badly that you didn’t have to feel any pain?
In the middle of my suffering anger is often one of my first reactions. But what I’m learning about anger is it is most often covering up fear. When I’m scared and alone in an unknown place, I am less afraid when I am holding the hand of someone I love and trust, how about you?
