near

You know that sense you get when someone is near…

"The LORD is near to the brokenhearted" (Psalm 34:18)

The Lord truly is near to the brokenhearted. Really, He's always close. Never far...even when we try to run (Psalm 139:7-10). But yet He's made a particular point to tell us that He is near to the brokenhearted. I've seen it in the lives of those I love, and I've known it in my own. Maybe it's because we so desperately need to know He's near in those moments. That we can hold onto Him, when it seems there's nothing else left to hold onto.

He makes His nearness known in such tender ways to the brokenhearted.

If I'm honest, when my heart is the most broken, I struggle to see that there is good. My heart wanders and wonders if He is really good. And that's where the hurt can settle deep. Can I trust Him to come near? What if He doesn't make Himself known, show Himself, come close? And yet, on the other hand, what if He does...will it be too much for me? What if it hurts? Is He really good after all? But...

"His nearness is my good" (Psalm 73:28)

Especially when my heart is heavy and fractured, He wants me to have what is truly good. To have Him. To be assured by His presence that He is good.

You know that sense you get when someone is near, that it will be OK, even though you have no idea how and the pain is still so raw, so close. But there is something closer... Someone closer.

"and so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words" (1 Thessalonians 4:17-18)

For those in Christ, death does not have the final word. Whether it is literal death, or the death of a part of yourself, He brings resurrection life. And life together with Himself.

In light of loss and brokenness, there is comfort in knowing that we'll always be with Him.

He's near sweet one, so near. In His nearness He longs to show you that He is good, so good. And to know Him as the comfort that will anchor your soul.

It's in His nearness that He shows us He is good.