How much more...

And if we cry, how much more must He? If i can barely look, cos one glance in their eyes weighs down my heart, how much more must it grieve Him?.. because He does look, and He doesn't turn away, and He sees it all... so much more than i ever see.... He sees their thoughts, He sees their minds, He sees their hearts, He sees their whole lives, He sees everything.... unspoken-struggles are known to Him, burdened hearts are laid bare before Him, dark-nights are clear as day to Him, whispered cries are all heard by Him..... So why do i feel like these situations are hopeless? Why do i look and just want to cry?...... Why do i feel like there is no way these lives can change?... Why do i think of countless individuals i know, who's lives are so broken and so complex, and find myself wondering if they really can be made whole, or if it's too much to hope for?... Why are my nights full of their faces and my heart longing til it hurts and i am left overwhelmed?... And why if i truly care, do i do so little, say so little and risk so little?...

But when i stop and let His heart penetrate mine, then i remember. And remembering changes my perspective. Because i remember He cares so much more than me. He loves so much more than me. And though i do so little and say so little and know so little, though i haven't a clue how to help and am just stumbling along, He does - He knows and understands and interceeds; on behalf of the broken, the lost, the helpless, the poor, the sinful, the wretched, the hopeless nobodies.... And not one single life is beyond the reach of His resurrecting, restoring power..... not one single person is too complex, or too sinful, or too broken, or too sick, to be changed by Him. I think i care, yet give so little of myself... but He really does care, for He gave His own son.... He sacrificed His very self... and that is one mighty reason why there truly is hope for everyone.

"Love is as strong as death." (Song of Songs 8.6) Death is pretty much as bad and as dark and as lifeless as something can get. So if love can conquer death, then sure as anything love can conquer all the rest. So, in His love, i shall set my hope.