I don't want to be a
Debbie Downer,
BUT
my heart is quite heavy.
All around me
& probably all around you
are people~
people who you love
people who know the people that you love
that are going through a tough time
& you may be one of those people.
Whether it is
Surgery
or a
Health Issue
or
Cancer
or
Hospice
or
Loneliness
or a
Death
or
____________~
It is all around us
& that makes me feel hopeless
because there is nothing that I can do
to take away the pain and sorrow.
When I say
BUT
" I WILL PRAY"
I feel so lame at times
because that is all that I can do,
BUT
really
that is the best thing that I can do & that you you can do.
PRAYER~
talking to
GOD
about everything~
every emotion
every hurt
every circumstance
every ___________.
A
two-way
conversation,
because
HE IS
all around us too!
HE hears
HE responds,
even if we don't hear or see
HIS answer.
BUT GOD reminds me,
in the midst of everything,
that
HE IS
in the midst of everything
even when the "everything"
includes
pain & suffering~
"...BUT
those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint" (Isaiah 40:31)
"...BUT GOD
is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever" (Psalm 73:26)
"...BUT God
will never forget the needy;
the hope of the afflicted will never perish" (Psalm 9:18).
"...But GOD
demonstrates HIS own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, CHRIST died for us." (Romans 5:8).
BUT GOD DID
send
HIS SON
who felt
more pain and sorrow
than anyone of us will ever feel
so that
HE can feel it with us
so that
HE can
Provide the comfort
so that
HE can
Wipe our tears
so that
we don't have to
&
that makes me feel
less hopeless.
Therefore~
humbly I come
in prayer
for all of you & for your loved ones~
who are in pain and sorrow,
as many of you
have also come in prayer
for me,
& oh the power of prayer!
So
let's remember
BUT GOD
because
these are more than just words
because
HE IS
all that we need
Because
Who am I & Who are you~
"...BUT GOD'S child; and since you are
HIS child, GOD has made you also an heir" (Galatians 4:7).
There are NO BUTS about it
because
GOD DID SAY
You are HIS!