Weeping

I just got done reading through our prayer requests from Church and find myself overwhelmed with what people are walking through. I have no great answers as to why we go through painful moments in life...but I know that we don't have to go through it alone.
I'll never forget a wonderful lady who influenced my walk with Jesus in profound ways. Her name was Marion Sorely. She is what I consider a "saint"! To look at her was to see Jesus! She was diagnosed with cancer and the kind of cancer she had ate away her face. She would come to Church and little by little the disease destroyed her very skin and cells...leaving gaping holes. Marion NEVER stopped praising Jesus...NEVER. I cannot begin to image the physical pain that she experienced...but I am forever changed by witnessing her unwavering love and trust for and in her Savior!
Jesus knows pain, He knows sorrow...He wept when there was loss. He tells us that in this world WE WILL have trouble, but to be of GOOD CHEER for He has overcome the world (John 16:33). I love what Isaiah says in chapter 43:2-3...when we pass through the waters He will be with us, when we pass through the rivers they will not sweep over us, when we walk through the fire we will not be burned...For He is the Lord our God...He is with us...always!!!!
Well, okay...those are the thoughts rolling around in this tiny brain tonight~I pray that you know the Love and Strength and Grace and Peace and Faithfulness of Jesus...if you don't...well the Word of God tells us that to any of us who will put our trust in Jesus...believe who He says He is...turn from our wicked ways and surrender our hearts to follow Him...we can KNOW these things about our Savior with CONFIDENCE!!! So what's holding you back?