Hey guys ... So. Wow. Yesterday, I wrote a blog post for incourage about the Hard Things we are all facing -- about how some of it seems so hard, as to feel utterly unbearable, and how God is saying back to us through Scripture: Nothing is too hard for me. ... Since then, the comment box at incourage has filled up with women, crying out for Gods grace and mercy -- for God to be STRONG WITH THEM. And then, all these sisters began reaching out to sisters -- praying for one another. And so theres this whole comment box of ugly and beautiful. So much pain, and so much love. Women are sharing about their broken marriages, and miscarriages, and affairs, and a stillborn baby, and cancer battles, and addiction. One woman -- her name is Karen -- is dying. She writes: My Hard Thing is that I am dying from multiple fatal illnesses and one has come to the forefront. It is destroying my internal organs, making them hard and stiff. It is Scleroderma. I have been fighting illnesses for so long, 30 years, and I am tired. I know to be absent from the body is to be present with Christ, but I will leave behind a precious husband. I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me. I need Him now more than ever. Thank you for allowing me to share. I have never done this before. Karen And Elizabeth writes: Thank you for this post, it is very timely. My husband left me and our three sons yesterday. I have been working my way through those comments, praying for all the Hard Things, and taking breaks to catch my breath. I just feeling so burdened by what so many women are facing, and how many of those women simply needed to reach out and be heard this weekend. How they just needed someone to pray. How they just. need. Jesus. You guys, I seriously dont know what we would do with Jesus. I just dont know. He is our only Hope. This world is beautiful, but its also really messed up. And peoples hearts are shattered into thousands of pieces, and all I know to do, is just get down on my knees, and help them gather up the pieces, and then together hand all that crap over to Jesus. And he takes it. He takes it all. I am in awe of this Jesus who put off the privilege of heaven, put skin on, and walked this earth, to feel the shards of every broken heart. He had skin in the game .... literally had skin.in.the.game. He knows our every hurt, our every sorrow ... and Hes down on the floor with us, picking up the shards, saying: I can put this together again. Ive been putting it all together since the beginning. Youre going to be okay. Its going to be okay. If you feel the urge, come on over and say a prayer for someone in the comments at incourage tonight. Were just all crawling around on the floor, picking up the broken pieces. Heres the post -----> incourage.me/2015/01/when-you-have-to-do-hard-things.html
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 01:46:25 +0000
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