Sometimes it hurts—

It's true that sometimes the arrows of grief and devastation will pierce through our hearts, and sometimes the whirlwinds of despair and disappointment will multiply our wounds and batter our souls. 

Yes, it is an unfortunate fact of life that sometimes we will experience the catastrophes of sudden loss and the agony of staggering injustices. Yes, there will also be times when we will not be able to escape the bitterness of betrayal or the throbbing sting of loneliness. 

But while these things will happen sometimes and for some amount of time, let's remember that it is an eternal fact, an everlasting truth, and an every moment of today, tomorrow and forever certainty that the all wise and powerful God cares and comforts us, and that Christ sees and knows and is with us, always! 

The triumphant God has set an end date for all our grief and pain, and His love has secured the promise that in the end, the joy we will feel and have with Him will outweigh all of our grief and sadness and pain. May His love and tenderness carry and keep us.

No where…

There is no where that the light of God cannot reach, or where His eyes cannot see the steps we take and the problems we face. There is no place to far or hole to deep where His ears cannot hear our prayers, or our desperate cries for the things we need. 

He observes all our steps, sees all our needs, hears all of our cries for mercy and every desperate plea for help in time of need— even in the deepest, hardest seasons of darkness. 

Let us call to Him with hands lifted up, place ourselves and our needs before Him and cry out to Him with humble hearts and honest prayers, trusting that the gracious, just and Almighty God will do what is good and right and loving.

Grace and peace to you—Cassius <*}}}><