John 14:1
1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
We all have problems and burdens to bear. When disaster strikes and we lose possessions, loved ones, jobs, friends, or anything else, it is difficult not to let our emotions take over. We then experience anger, depression, anxiety, rage, apathy, sadness, and other feelings that tend to come out through our lives. Christ instructs us on how to handle these situations.
First of all, he understands that we will experience hardships. He knows that the natural reaction for us as humans is to become weary and troublesome. We feel heartache when our girlfriend breaks up with us. We feel pain when a loved one passes away. We even feel weary when we lose money when our investments go down. God understands this.
Secondly, since he knows that we will experience situations like this, he has devised a way for us to deal with them. He recognizes our burdens, our heartaches, our pains, our struggles, and our turmoil and he offers to take them away and give us relief.
Lastly, the offer is on the table and God wants to know what we want to do with our pain. We can hang on to it, mull over it and continue to be depressed...or we can hand it over to him and place ALL of our trust in his power to make life better. Through trust in the Lord, we can truly experience life the way that God had planned from the beginning.
If you have heartache...hand it over to God.
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