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

Tuesday's Trust ~ Amidst our Raging Storm...

Tuesday's Trust

Amidst our Raging Storm...

"Let (us) praise Him with dancing and make music to Him..." ~Psalm 149:3

O Lord, You’re such a tender God, attending our deepest needs, hearing our heartfelt cries, lifting our spirits from the miry muck, even as continuously, but gently, You ever are mending our broken hearts and lives.

As You nurture us in our tumultuous vulnerability, You call us to the dance, enabling us to praise You. 

Help us to remember even Your very faithful Daniel was not spared the lion’s den, but You were there with him, silencing the ravenous roars with Your healing presence… 

By the faith You have given us, may we entrust ourselves to You, “knowing” in our heart of hearts, You stand with us as well…

Let (us) praise Your name with dancing 

and make music to You...

even, and especially, 

Amidst our Raging Storm. 

essence of Psalm 149:3a-b NIV

NIV ~ New International Version of The Holy Bible



A special thanks to the following for the graphics from Pinterest...


Graphic 1:

♫ Psalms of Praise! ♫

Denise Rork ༺♥༻

http://pinterest.com/pin/124341639683700599/



Graphic 2:

Days of PRAISE

Kristi Lehman

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/271482683759904622/ 

Graphic 3:

Belief

Robyn Cherry

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/178384835214815241/

Graphic 4:

Belief

Robyn Cherry

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/178384835213412022/

Tuesday's Trust - "I Am Come to Heal..."

Tuesday's Trust

"I Am Come to Heal..."

King James Bible

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised...

~Jesus

~Luke 4:18 KJV


~~~

O Lord, quicken our broken hearts to rest in Thee, for You alone heal us ever so gently throughout our lifetime on earth, yet culminate our healing fully when You wipe all our tears away, forever! 

Thank You for Your faithful, tender, healing love poured out on us daily... 

Truly, we need Thee every hour!

~~~

2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.3And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying,  

"Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." 

~Revelation 21:2-4 NASB

Some capitalizations of Scripture, mine

KJV = King James Version

NASB = New American Standard Bible