How Fragile Life Is and Bearing the Unbearable: My Perspective
How Fragile Life Is
I've thought more about how fragile life is since a 13-month-old boy from our church left this world for heaven last week, unexpectedly except to the Lord. We have all been mourning with his family, and comforted by a sermon our pastor did last Tuesday evening, "Not Why, But Who," which directed us to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Who will sympathize with us in our sorrow?
Our Lord Jesus Christ: Hebrews 4:14-16; 2:14-18
Who will love us in our sorrow?
Our Lord Jesus Christ: Romans 5:6-8
Who can help us in our sorrow?
Our Lord Jesus Christ: John 16:33; 1 John 5:4
Who offers hope in our sorrow, joy in our deepest grief?
Our Lord Jesus Christ: John 14:1-3; John 17
Who promises present rest in our sorrow? Who is present now?
Our Lord Jesus Christ: Matthew 11:28-30
He hears our cry, receives us well--unconditionally.
His own tears have wet His own skin.
His tender promises can be trusted.
Bearing the Unbearable: My Perspective
Humans that we are, we seem called to bear the unbearable--
Such a loss as only the Cross can carry;
Such a loss as of a child, born or not yet born;
Such a loss as of a sibling, however close you were in life;
Such a loss as of a spouse, sudden or expected, still sudden;
Such a loss as of a parent--in one way or another--
However close or not you were;
Such a loss of a relationship can seem unbearable--
But there is One who bears
The unbearable grief and
Tenderly brings relief.
He calls us to His wounded side
In which we can abide,
For eternity, not a mere moment.
We mere mortals cannot ourselves
Bear the unbearable, but there is One
Who not only can but has.
"He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him smitten of God, and afflicted" (Isaiah 53:1-4).
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said this: "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light" (Matthew 11:28-30).
I've thought more about how fragile life is since a 13-month-old boy from our church left this world for heaven last week, unexpectedly except to the Lord. We have all been mourning with his family, and comforted by a sermon our pastor did last Tuesday evening, "Not Why, But Who," which directed us to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Who will sympathize with us in our sorrow?
Our Lord Jesus Christ: Hebrews 4:14-16; 2:14-18
Who will love us in our sorrow?
Our Lord Jesus Christ: Romans 5:6-8
Who can help us in our sorrow?
Our Lord Jesus Christ: John 16:33; 1 John 5:4
Who offers hope in our sorrow, joy in our deepest grief?
Our Lord Jesus Christ: John 14:1-3; John 17
Who promises present rest in our sorrow? Who is present now?
Our Lord Jesus Christ: Matthew 11:28-30
He hears our cry, receives us well--unconditionally.
His own tears have wet His own skin.
His tender promises can be trusted.
Bearing the Unbearable: My Perspective
Humans that we are, we seem called to bear the unbearable--
Such a loss as only the Cross can carry;
Such a loss as of a child, born or not yet born;
Such a loss as of a sibling, however close you were in life;
Such a loss as of a spouse, sudden or expected, still sudden;
Such a loss as of a parent--in one way or another--
However close or not you were;
Such a loss of a relationship can seem unbearable--
But there is One who bears
The unbearable grief and
Tenderly brings relief.
He calls us to His wounded side
In which we can abide,
For eternity, not a mere moment.
We mere mortals cannot ourselves
Bear the unbearable, but there is One
Who not only can but has.
"He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him smitten of God, and afflicted" (Isaiah 53:1-4).
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said this: "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light" (Matthew 11:28-30).
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