All my life I’ve been invisible. I’ve tried not to be, but no matter what I do I’m invisible.
Invisibility comes with its pains and disappointments. But one of the things I’m just now realizing is that, when you are invisible, the sacrifices you make for someone, the love you give, the care that you give, the thousands of times that you poured your heart out for that person or that you looked after that person or you tangibly loved that person: they don’t remember, because they never saw you in the first place.
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Ouch, sir! That’s got to hurt your feelings quite a bit. But fret not: God knows what you did (Yeah, I know you know that but it needed saying anyway) and he loves you all the more for it. I know about being invisible, except that in my case I’m just not seen or heard.
PS: I see you.
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PS: love Angela from SGT
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I gotcha! Thank you Angela!
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That’s very kind of you to say (whoever you are🤗). I’m sorry for all that you have experienced in this was as well.
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Dear Pastor Scott, You were not invisible to us! How fondly we remember you and your Godly input, awesome worship, ideas, energy and creative ways to build up the Body of Christ!
with much love and appreciation,
Sharon and Nelson from SGT
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That’s a very kind thing to say Sharon and Nelson!
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Dear Pastor Scott, You were not invisib
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Thanks Sharon
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Welcome:)
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Weep with Those Who Weep
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
The shortest verse in the Bible has had new meaning to me lately. In John’s Gospel, chapter 11, Jesus knew He would raise Lazarus from the dead. He could have responded very differently to those weeping over Lazarus’ death. He could have told them to, “don’t cry, I will rise him from the dead”; but He didn’t do that. He chose to weep with them instead.
Isn’t that just like the Savior we have come to know? He doesn’t scold us in our weaknesses; He doesn’t leave us in our unbelief. He doesn’t rebuke us for weeping over our losses. Even though the Lord knows He is going to make all things right; He knew Lazarus would live again. He promised to work all things together for the good to those who love God. He promised joy after the night of sorrows. He promised eternal life without sorrow or pain or death. He could tell us to suck-it-up and grow up; but He is not like that, is He? This is not the Savior you know, is it?
He enters into our sorrows even though He already knows tomorrow and that He will bring a glorious end to our journey here; our Lord weeps with those who weeps and rejoices with us when we rejoice. He is not immune to our present sorrows or joys. He rides the highs and lows with us. Even though He has complete control over our circumstances and will make all things work for good. He knows that there is truly nothing to be afraid of or worry about. And yet what kind of Savior would He be, if He stood aloof, and did not feel our pain, share in our sorrows and walk among us in our brokenness?
Listen to this description of our Hero: Isaiah 53:3-4 (New King James Version) –
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
Isn’t that what we really want? Someone who can sympathize with our pain and weep with us? Someone who will walk alongside us through our griefs. He knows you need to walk thru the dark night of the soul, to appreciate the new day. To have the night of the sorrows of death to know the joys of new life. To experience the grief of loss to know the comfort only His presence and love can provide. He wants us to know the truth of His promise, “I will never Leave you or forsake you”.
We have an application among the chaplains that really applies to anyone wanting to walk alongside someone experiencing grief and suffering; we call it the ‘Ministry of Presence’. Sometimes just having someone with you and just giving a listening ear can mean so much to a suffering soul.
Of course we cannot be the presence of God to them; but as a Christian we do bring the presence of God with us and perhaps God will reach out and touch them by using your hand. He can hug them thru your body and love them thru your eyes. There are moments of opportunity where we can do as Jesus did and enter into their grief and like in the Lazarus story, ‘weep with them’.
Jesus wept. (John 11:35)
May the Lord Jesus comfort you in the way only He can.
Living His Life,
Bruce
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