Monday's Mourning Ministry - Does Jesus Care?

Monday's Mourning Ministry

Does Jesus Care?

~George Beverley Shea and Guy Penrod

We are bereaved.

We are broken.

We are inconsolable.

We are like Rachel 

weeping for her children...

and 

refusing 

to 

be 

comforted.*

Thus says the LORD, 

"A voice is heard in Ramah, 

Lamentation and bitter weeping. 

Rachel is weeping for her children; 

She refuses to be comforted for her children, 

Because they are no more." 

(Jeremiah 31:15 NASB)

We are like Hagar in the wilderness:

"Do You see me God? 

Do You see me 

in this 

wilderness of despair 

with 

no 

hope 

apart 

from 

You?"

(Genesis 16:13)*

In the brokenness of our hearts, 

we wonder 

if God sees, 

if God hears, 

if God has forgotten, 

if God has abandoned us? 

We ask ourselves, 

Does God really care about me? 

Does Jesus care?

And God says to us

as He

said 

to 

Hagar

for the Lord Has heard your painful groans...

Genesis 16:11 (Net Bible)

Does Jesus Care?

~George Beverley Shea and Guy Penrod

1. Does Jesus care when my heart is pained
   Too deeply for mirth or song,
   As the burdens press, and the cares distress,
   And the way grows weary and long?
   • Refrain:
     Oh, yes, He cares, I know He cares,
     His heart is touched with my grief;
     When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,
     I know my Savior cares.
   • 
     
2. Does Jesus care when my way is dark
   With a nameless dread and fear?
   As the daylight fades into deep night shades,
   Does He care enough to be near?
3. Refrain:

   Oh, yes, He cares, I know He cares,

   His heart is touched with my grief;

   When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,

   I know my Savior cares.
4. 
   
5. Does Jesus care when I’ve tried and failed
   To resist some temptation strong;
   When for my deep grief there is no relief,
   Though my tears flow all the night long?
6. Refrain:

   Oh, yes, He cares, I know He cares,

   His heart is touched with my grief;

   When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,

   I know my Savior cares.
7. 
   
8. Does Jesus care when I’ve said “goodbye”
   To the dearest on earth to me,
   And my sad heart aches till it nearly breaks—
   Is it aught to Him? Does He see?
9. Refrain:

   Oh, yes, He cares, I know He cares,

   His heart is touched with my grief;

   When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,

   I know my Savior cares.

When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,

I know my Savior cares.

~~~

"The LORD is close to the brokenhearted;

           He rescues those whose spirits are crushed." 

~Psalm 34:18, New Living Translation

Grief Picture: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/63683782205419268/

* Quotes from The Inconsolable by Julie Jones written in memory of her son, Kyle Christopher Jones

NASB: New American Standard Bible

Net Bible: New English Translation of the Bible

Does Jesus Care Lyrics by Frank E. Graeff, 1901

Song, Does Jesus Care on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kheJYjttzY4