point of view

I am posting this because I am tired of studying and found this in my papers.  You can find my professor's version of this assignment here. 1.   Look up.   Be honest with the Lord, and give Him your questions, your pain, your fear or anger.   Remember that He is sovereign and allows nothing by chance.   As you turn to Him, you turn to the One who has experienced the most extreme suffering eternity has ever witnessed.   He is powerful, purposeful and patient, and He is your gentle Shepherd who is intensely affected by your pain.  2. Don’t suppress the urge to weep; allow the tears to come.   The brokenness and pain of this fallen world should affect us.   Suffering is proof that something is dreadfully wrong with this world, and pretending all is well doesn’t make it well.   The fact that we know that the Healer has come is our hope, but while we are in this life, we still feel the effects of sin.   It is still a heart-br...

  I asked, ‘will you tell me your story?’ and they said yes invited me into their hearts what an honor to be welcomed into their hurt and my breath catches to realize the responsibility to feel how very much I could hurt them and the richness God has for us in this place of honesty. tell me more? heal us, Lord! what was this like for you? and I must cling to Him afraid of what sinful self can do to relationships do I really understand you? but the blood of Christ washes over and as I bumble around in a sensitive heart I could cause such destruction unless I live on incessant prayer and humility I’ve put my finger on the pulse of the Spirit’s healing oh, there’s joy throbbing through our veins and we’re washed in the sunbeams of awe I see God.