"Someones' Knocking At The Door"

'Just hold me for a while Jesus..'
'Sometimes the pain is just too great..'
'I'm afraid..'

(Pain--Something we don't like to talk about...but also a part of life and we have to admit,
it's important to at least have a game plan, so when it does show up knocking at our hearts door, we might be a bit more prepared...to at least know ''where'' to turn)

As I spoke with two different friends..
on two separate occasions.
I could feel their pain.
In some way...I had been there...we all have...
In our own pain, in our own way..

Pain often shows up at the door with hopelessness...

Seeking entrance and leaving no room for anything else....
Seeking to inhabit our hearts...and often they will......for a time...

So where do you turn, when you are hurting?

For my friends..I had no words to bring instant healing....
But I did have this...I had hope..
Hope in the Eternal...

I had His Word......
An accurate history of His faithfulness...

I think it's pretty crucial to position yourself so when the tough times come
you will at least know,
that you are turning to the Eternal,
to deal with the inevitable. 


"But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. 
They will soar on wings like eagles; 
they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."
Isaiah 40:31


I've heard some say time heals...it certainly is part of the healing process.
Yet what is time without hope??
And what is hope unless it is carefully placed ?