As much as anything else in this world, God wants us to share His heart.
We are often hungry for His power, but seldom aware of His pain.
We are eager to experience His goodness, but think little of His grief. “Our Lord still agonizes for souls” (John Hyde).
This must be a foundation of our lives. Jesus bears our burdens. Can we bear His as well?
Most of us are hardened to the needs of our suffering race. We are rarely touched by its cry. But this world is filled with dying -- every second there is a sigh. Pain and sickness, tragedy and despair -- God’s creation is wasting away.
Does our Father turn a deaf ear?
Richard Wurmbrand, author of Tortured for Christ and perhaps the best-known Christian prisoner of the 20th century, shared this moving story...