He Came for Bruised Reeds
Life can be really hard. I know that right now anyone who will ever read this post is either in the middle of a very hard time or one has just passed or one is coming. This is life. Jesus himself said Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.…(John 16:33, part). But the rest of this verse in a moment.
My “hard time” is particularly difficult right now. I have a myriad of health problems and no one to help me sort them out. Sure I’ve been to tons and tons of different types of doctors over the years but, these days, I am particularly low with nowhere to turn. BUT…
This morning, in His beautiful mercy, He (the Lord) directed me to Isaiah 42. This passage of scripture reminds that Jesus, our Servant, is tender, kind and gentle and a bruised reed he will not break (Isaiah 42:3) and a faintly burning wick he will not quench (Isaiah 42:3b). Do you see?! He is the splint for my bruised reed and a flint for my faintly burning wick! Oh my goodness, what a promise in hard times…for me, for you and for anyone who will open their hearts and lives to Him.
And remember, we still have more of Jesus’ words from John 16:33, parts a & c. He said I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me...because I have overcome the world. Jesus, God’s hand-picked servant for us, the motley crew of the world, is the King Redeemer, the King Lover and the King Sustainer of us, his ‘saints who sometimes sin.’ He doesn’t push us aside when we’re low, He picks us up and makes a beautiful melody in and through our lives.
Regardless of how you feel right now, whether you’re damaged by what others have done or horribly downtrodden (like me), or injured by past mistakes, Jesus can and will pick us up with care and gently lead us to the place He’s chosen for us…the place where we can find actual joy amidst suffering because we’re carefully and purposefully walking with Him by the unending power of the Holy Spirit.
I can’t help but leave you with these precious words (YouTube below): “And He [Jesus] walks with me and He talks with me and He tells me I am his own. And the joy we share as we tarry there none other has ever known.”