Shadow

I’m a bit burdened this evening….thinking about a friend of mine who is going through some hard times. It’s so hard to watch those you care about struggle. I think about my friend who is hurting…she is hurting because someone hurt her. And it appears that she was hurt for no reason of her own….it actually seems like she was hurt for the explicit purpose of hoping that by hurting her….someone else might be hurt through watching her pain….and why is all this hurt inflicting going on??? My guess is because the inflictor of the hurt…is in and of themselves hurting.

UGH.

Yes, there is a lot of hurt in the world…..a lot of sadness. Why is it when people are hurting they lash out and
hurt others? Thereby multiplying the hurt in the world?

Sadness.

Tonight I feel sad, and as I said….burdened. Part of me wants to rush in and save and do everything I can to “fix” the problem. I have been praying a lot about this situation, seeking the Lord’s wisdom. And for now I feel that the Lord is asking me to wait and to pray. To trust HIM to be the One who will in fact come in and save and take care of the problem. It is true, that HE loves her and cares that she is hurting even more than I do. So I wait and I pray. Knowing that God is faithful.

Comfort.

I do find comfort in this knowledge that God is faithful to save. That He is Mighty to save.

“The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”

- Zephania 3:17

And so, I will rest.

“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.”

-Psalm 37:7

Rest, Wait and Trust.

And I will attempt to wait patiently for Him and not fret. I know He is in control.

“How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.”

-Psalm 36:7

Hide us now in the shadow of Your wings Lord. Save us Lord in Your timing. Help me trust You to take care of those I love.

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