Right now there are people struggling under oppressive burdens. Some are sick. Some are watching loved ones die a slow death. Others are impoverished. They have no way to make it to the next pay check. Groceries are scarce and so is hope. There are broken pastors and parishioners who see no future to keep the doors open after decades of faithful service. The offerings are low as well as the attendance.
There are others out of work. Doors keep shutting on them to find employment. They have applied and interviewed for jobs and had their hopes spun up and down like a yo yo. Nothing has worked. They keep getting passed by and they do not understand. Pleadings for God to help seem unheeded.
Others have given their lives to organizations in faithful employment. They have been passed over for promotions but they stayed and did a good joy anyway without bitter resentment. Worse they have been terminated. Loyalty has meant nothing to the top brass of the company. Experience has been cast aside for younger faces with less wisdom and experience. The aging faithful have been cast to the wind. Nobody wants to hire people on the backside of life. All they need is a chance. Nobody will give them one. Hope is fading fast.
Married couples are on the brink of divorce. They put on a good face in public but behind closed doors they fight and cut each other with dagger like words. It appears the marriage will not survive.
There are many who are caught up in addiction they cannot break free from. They have tried in vain. Many times they have vowed they would not go back to the bottle, to the drug, or to pornographic websites. Then a trial comes and they look for a quick fix to relieve the stress even though the addiction is slowly killing them.
Some have been sexually abused. They cannot get past the horrid nightmarish event where they were violated. They carry the secret shame. They walk around feeling dirty and unworthy of love. The mind is cluttered with countless thoughts screaming with fiendish demonic voices, "Where was your God? Why did He not protect you? Why did He let that happen to you?"
All of these people need God. They need His support. I came across II Chronicles 16:9 today. The eyes of the Lord go to and fro throughout the whole earth that He might strongly support those whose hearts are completely His...
Even as I write this next sentence God sees who desperately needs to read this and be reminded He is watching. He sees and He supports His children. He comforts the brokenhearted. He opens closed doors. He provides for those needy. He offers deliverance for those in bondage. He heals the psychological, emotional, and physical wounds of those traumatized by sexual abuse. He can mend and reconnect distanced married couples drifting toward divorce. He still has plans for usefulness for the aging.
How many today need to be reminded that God sees. Not only that, but He also strongly supports His children who have loved and served God with a whole heart. What does that mean. Strongly support? It means God will encourage, hold fast, keep firmly in His grasp and strengthen with His might.
Maybe God will see fit to use this blog to encourage someone. Maybe He will use it to hold someone fast and remind them they are not alone. Maybe He will hold someone up today overwhelmed who cannot stand on their own. Perhaps He will give the courage and strength to get out of bed and to battle another day the same old trials and summon new faith to pray again. God can do all that and more.
Whatever your need might be today I just want to remind you that God has not forgotten you. He sees and He knows. His support is available. He will come through. That is His character. It is is His nature. He has done it for others and I am confident He will do it for you too.
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