BLESSINGS OF THE CROSS - DAY 12
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
I S A I A H 5 3 : 3
From Adam’s days to our tears have been shed,
and a wail has been going up to Heaven from the broken
hearted . . . it is a mystery to me how all those broken
hearts can keep away from Him who has come to heal
them. We find the tears of Jacob put on record, when he
was told that his own son was no more. His sons and
daughters tried to give him comfort, but he refused to be
comforted. We are also told of the tears of King David. I
can see him, as the messenger brings the news of the death
of his son . . .And when Christ came into the world the first
sound He heard was woe—the wail of those mothers in
Bethlehem; and from the manger to the Cross, He was
surrounded with sorrow. We are told that He often looked
up to Heaven and sighed. I believe it was because there was
so much suffering around Him. It was on His right hand
and on His left—everywhere on earth; and the thought that
He had come to relieve the people of the earth of their
burdens, and so few would accept Him, made Him
sorrowful. He came for that purpose. Let the hundreds
of thousands just cast their burdens on Him. He has
come to bear them, as well as our sins.
D W I G H T L . M O O D Y ( 1 8 3 7 - 1 8 9 9 )
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