Daily Devotion: Jesus Knows Your Pain
Devotional writer, Sharon Hinck digs deep in to Scripture to find Jesus comfort and understanding.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it
were our faces from...
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Daily Devotion: Jesus Knows Your Pain
Devotional writer, Sharon Hinck digs deep in to Scripture to find Jesus comfort and understanding.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it
were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:3
I was recently struck by Isaiah 53:3, which talks about Jesus being "acquainted with grief" because
our family has recently faced the death of a loved one.
I’ve also been dealing with the process of
getting a little older, and the loss of activities I used to enjoy due to physical limitations.
As I
pondered the meaning of Jesus being "acquainted with grief", I suddenly felt great comfort in the
awareness that He understands.
I think, too often, we can overemphasize Jesus’ focus on our happiness or life satisfaction.
We pray
for help with our debt, a way out of a precarious personal situation or a superficial need.
But there is
something deeply reassuring about the knowl
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