My Heavy Heart

The past few weeks I had a heavy heart.

So many trials have compounded
I actually cried out to the Lord,

 "Please let something good happen to me.

I just need joy!"

I was that low.

 I know my joy is supposed to be in the character of Christ

 and not in my circumstances.

I know true joy doesn't come just when things are going my way.

I know, but I wasn't walking in that knowledge.

However, Lord looks down with love on His children
who are stooped down in sorrow and trials.

Even when they

push away His touch,

 doubt His Word,

 and don't agree with His plan,

He keeps reaching, speaking, wooing.

Proverbs 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop:

but a good word makes it glad.

What makes our heart heavy?

From carrying burdens we shouldn't be carrying.

We're supposed to fling them onto the back of Christ,

the same back that was marred by stripes and bore the cross for us.

Surely, whatever burdens our hearts

 can be added to that pile on His holy back.

Stoop actually means to depress;

 our physical body can betray the condition of our heart.

What's the "good word?"

Anything the Lord says in the Bible.

It's all good.

But, sometimes we just need someone to listen,

someone to throw their arms around us and promise us

everything is going to work out for good.
The Lord promises to provide that for us.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father,

who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace,

comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

And just when I've needed it,
 Christians have provided that good word.

The Lord allowed two divine encounters with sisters
that have been seriously praying for the Innocent Man.
(A Christian man falsely accused of a crime, punishable up to 60 years in jail.)
They both reminded me they're praying.

Many people have dropped emails or messages on Facebook,
just when I need them.
Some of you have silently supported us with prayer,
and we feel the presence of your faith.

The Innocent Man has also been upheld by the Lord's people.

As I cried out to the Lord,
I felt Him lightening the load.
Every prayer on our behalf,
every word of encouragement,
every reminder of the Lord's faithfulness,
has helped lift that burden.

Thank you for being used of the Lord in our lives.
None of us could have walked this path alone.


We've lived through this nightmare on earth for eight months.
We've felt the Lord's presence,
we've seen answer to prayer,
the Gospel has gone forth,
the saints have been encouraged.


The trial is
Tuesday, October 11th,
and they think it will last three days.

Please pray.

Will you also please leave a word of encouragement for
the Innocent Man in my comments?
He's in the Garden of Gethsemene,
he knows what's ahead.

Thank you for helping carry the cross,
it relieves the burden.

Thank you for praying.