Just recently, someone very close to me was carrying a tremendous amount of pain. No
matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t really make them feel better. I just wanted
to say something that would make everything okay, that would heal all their
pain, and would put a smile back on their face. I couldn’t be happy until I
knew that they were happy.
I’m sure many of you have had
similar situations; where someone you truly care for and love is really hurting and
you wish that you could just take all their pain away. Now imagine Jesus. His
love for us is far, far greater than any love you may have for someone else. He
loves us so much, that he did what we can’t do. We may not be able to always
take away the pain that someone else is feeling, but Jesus did this sort of
thing for us when he died on the cross.
Isaiah 53:4 says,
“Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it
was our sorrows that
weighed him down.”
The pain I
wish I could carry for just one person I care about, is the pain that Jesus
carries for the entire world. Jesus came to carry our sorrow out of his
unconditional love for us, so that we could live free from the burden of sin
and sorrow. Isn’t that reason enough to be joyful?
Far too often we take this for granted.
Everyone experiences trials and struggles, but we should find peace in knowing
that we have a God who carries our sorrow and pain for us.
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you” -Psalm 55:22
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