THE LORD'S INTEREST IN US REALISED IN OUR NEED OF HIM

THE LORD’S INTEREST IN US REALISED IN OUR NEED OF HIM

Hearing of the anxiety you have been passing through on account of the illness of your children, I must write you a little word of sympathy. The Lord not only knows our sorrows but He makes us know that He is, as it were, more interested in us than ever; just as the illness of your child makes you feel a deeper interest in that child. Your love and interest are not really greater, but the suffering of the child draws out your heart in a very special way to the child. Thus our Lord’s heart has been drawn out the more to you. I remember one of my own children was almost pleased to be hurt because of the attention and interest awakened in our hearts for it. We do not always realise that our Lord’s love (it passeth knowledge) is as great and as deep when we have no need, though it be better known to us when we are in some need, and more looked for. Doubtless for this reason He allows us to be in straits, that we may seek Him, and find Him in some new and fuller way. Exercise therefore yields blessing.

^[p. 77] It is not that I know the reason why I am afflicted but that in the affliction my heart seeks rest and relief from Him.