Chatting with Jesus
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Lord, this broken world is unfair in countless ways. Since that ugly Eve/snake incident in the Garden, this world has been punishing its inhabitants. You never intended for us to know the consequences of evil, but eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil changed all that. How well mankind knows the difference.
The psalmist, acquainted with sorrow, sought after your heart. Flawed and broken, you were his only hope. I read his words, written from a broken and crushed spirit:
“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book” (Psalm 56:8 NLT)
Lord, Isaiah wrote how well acquainted with grief your life on Earth would be. “He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief” (Isaiah 53:3).
Lord, the sins that caused the brokenness of mankind caused you deep sorrow. You know our feelings. Yes, Jesus, you wept. You are close enough to gather our tears. You even keep track of them in your bottle. If you record every tear that runs down my cheek, how can I ever think you do not care? How can I ever think I’m alone? You are near.
Holding me close to your heart in my brokenness, I feel the warmth of your tears running down my cheek. That’s assuring. Amen, Jesus.
THANKFUL 
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