Monday, January 24, 2005

Thoughts for the hurting

I want to love people the way that I am supposed to love people. There is a look that I get on my face when I am truly caring about another person, where I have been caught up in their story, and I am overcome with compassion. There is a feeling deep with in my chest that begins to tighten up as I begin to feel the pain of another. I can feel my heart crying for them. The tears that they cannot shed, the tears that they will not shed, I feel the pain of another human being.

I feel the disillusioned as they search for meaning and purpose in nothingness
I feel the lonely, the broken, the searching
I want to help them find their way

I see the oppressed, the victimized, the chained crying out for mercy
I see the masks that people wear trying to hide themselves
I want to embrace them as I pray for freedom

I taste the bitterness of their questions, their cynicism, which is also mine
I taste the goodness of all that He is, so sweet and nourishing
I want them to drink of Life

Jesus I feel overwhelmed when I see so much hurt, so much pain. I want to alleviate some of that for my friends, my family but I know that you are the only one that can heal.

Give me the courage to open my eyes when they are closed, the strength to step out, and the love to pour out on Your beloved children.

Help me to not become so jaded that I forget to love.

posted by Kat @ 10:33 PM