Max Lucado writes the following in the daily devotional, “Grace for the Moment.” It struck me as something I should share with you today. The scripture reference is Isaiah 53:4, “He took our suffering on him and felt our pain for us.”
“Jesus knows how you feel. You’re under the gun at work? Jesus knows how you feel. You’ve got more to do than is humanly possible? So did he. People take more from you than they give? Jesus understands. Your teenagers won’t listen? You’re students won’t try? Jesus knows how you feel. You are precious to him. So precious that he became like you so that you would become like him. When you struggle, he listens. When you yearn, he responds. When you question, he hears. He has been there.”
I am not in the habit of editing accomplished writers such as Lucado, but I would add; as he wept at the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus knows how it feels to lose someone you love to death. Yeah, Jesus does understand all those struggles we face!
“Jesus knows how you feel. You’re under the gun at work? Jesus knows how you feel. You’ve got more to do than is humanly possible? So did he. People take more from you than they give? Jesus understands. Your teenagers won’t listen? You’re students won’t try? Jesus knows how you feel. You are precious to him. So precious that he became like you so that you would become like him. When you struggle, he listens. When you yearn, he responds. When you question, he hears. He has been there.”
I am not in the habit of editing accomplished writers such as Lucado, but I would add; as he wept at the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus knows how it feels to lose someone you love to death. Yeah, Jesus does understand all those struggles we face!
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Yes, He does! Praying for you all to have a blessed day!
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