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A Daily Devotional
About a hurting heart for others…
Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as God's chosen
people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness,
humility, gentleness and patience. (NIV)
There are times when we
have a heart hurting so bad for others we do not have words to express our pain.
When we have a hurting heart for others, we must see Jesus in our mind's eye and
in our heart. We must, in the times of our weeping for others, see Christ
holding them in the palm of His hand. Praying for a person for whom we hurt can
be a miraculous gift to the person who needs the Lord's presence. When we are
seemingly helpless on our own, God is not helpless to act. As we weep for others,
as we hurt for them, we must take our weeping and hurting to the heart of
Christ. When another person is hurting, we may not be able to take away their
pain but Christ can remove their pain. When we are dealing with the hurt we feel for others, we
can open our heart and life to Christ so He can use us in whatever way He wills.
When we open our heart to Christ, when we hurt for others, He is then able to
give us the ability to speak words of comfort, words of solace, and words of
enduring love to soothe the pain of the person we hold in our heart.
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