Rev. Kay - SUFFERING

Rev Kay

Nov 12, 2008

SUFFERING

When Jesus healed the woman in Matthew 9, He told her that her faith had made her well. He was also saying to her, "You're very special to me,daughter. I know you don't have anything to offer me; I know you've been rejected by society, but your Father had not fogotten you." Our Savior says the same to us when we need His healing hand.

Jesus and His disciples saw a blind man while walking down the road. The disciples said, "Jesus, who sinned?" Jesus said, "No one sinned." Then Jesus healed the man. And He eternally answered that our pain is not a result of our sin. God is not so small that He would zap us for making a mistake. This passage teaches just the opposite: Our Savior is not asleep; Jesus is alive and interested in our pain.

We have a Father who is filled with compassion, a feeling Father who hurts when His children hurt. We serve a God who says that even when we're under pressure and feel like nothing is going to go right, He's waiting for us, to embrace us whether we succeed or fail.

He doesn't come quarreling and wrangling and forcing His way into anyone's heart. He comes into our hearts like a gentle lamb, not a roaring lion.

FATHER, forgive us for the times that we have questioned you; forgive us for the times we have doubted you; forgive us for the times we've shaken our heads and pounded our fists against the earth and cried, "Where are you?" For Father, we know that you have been here ...you've carried us through the valley and you've given us strength. AMEN!