You know how troubled I am; you
have kept a record of my tears. Psalm 56:6 (Good News)
You may think,
"Nobody knows what I'm going through, nobody feels the pain I'm
experiencing."
But God knows!
He knows your feelings
and frustrations. He's seen the crisis in your soul. There's no hurt that
goes unnoticed by God. Psalm 56:6 says, "You know how troubled I am; you
have kept a record of my tears." (Good News)
Often when we're
hurting, we feel very isolated and lonely. Maybe there's been a death in the
family, a divorce, maybe we've gotten fired, and we start to think,
"Nobody understands the way I feel; nobody can tell the way I feel; nobody
feels the pain."
But God knows, and
"The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to
those who fear him." (Psalms 103:13, NLT)
God not only sees, He cares!
He knows the causes,
the reasons, the things that brought you to this point. He understands because
he made you, and he sees the hurt in your heart like nobody else can.
Because God knows our
frustrations and despair, we can give those feelings to God: "Give all
your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you." (1
Peter 5:7, NLT) Cast them all permanently on God, once and for all, and then,
don't take them back.
This devotional ©2013 by Rick Warren. Used by permission.
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