SORROW AND TRIAL (4)

SORROW AND TRIAL (4)

It seems unaccountable to us at times, that the Lord who loves us so much, and is so deeply touched with our sufferings, should allow us to suffer so much, when we know that He could prevent it. John 11 acquaints us with His reason for doing so. If He allow great grief to overtake us, that great grief will recall a greater grief to Himself, and will receive from Him a sympathy and a consideration, which without the grief would not have been required. How it explains His heart to us! Our deepest heart-sorrow He allows, in order that He may make Himself nearer to us. He removes the most loved one, in order to make known how all-sufficient He can be to the heart.

^[p. 430] Blessed Lord! How great is Thy love, that Thou desirest to be so near, and so much to us! May your heart find it so, dear brother! May the terrible blank be filled up by Him, and then instead of loss there will be great gain. May you have this great gain and thus may you be divinely comforted.