Oswald Chambers wrote “Before God can use a man greatly he must wound him deeply.”I've always known this to be true but this week I, along with my family were again wounded deeply. A young daughter, my little sister, a wonderful aunt was the victim of a violent sexual crime. Such news that knocks every word you have out of your mouth and only produces silence and groaning. Groaning only the Holy Spirit can interrupt for us. Such grief that leaves you curled in a ball weeping hysterically looking for ANY sign that God is still God.
Violated, wounded, helpless, heartbroken, and yet those terms do not come close to giving a clear picture of the pain. BUT...
There is ONE who knows and even if he feels so far away right now I KNOW he is HERE.
Psalm 119: 49-50
49 Remember your word to your servant
for you have given me hope
50 My comfort in my suffering is this:
Your promise preserves my life.
