Kissed by God's Tear

Walking last night in IL after preaching Sunday PM’s service, just spending some time talking to God. There were no stars out, no moon shining, just low lying wispy sort of clouds.

I got tired and it was about midnight so I laid down and looked at the sky. It seemed I was having trouble sensing that the Lord knew where I was, and the sky seemed just like life for me right now, sort of hazy and unclear.

The area I am in is in severe drought and all around me the grass was brown and dead. I simply said "Lord I sure would like to know that your eyes are on me right now." I love rain and I said Lord if you could let just a drop come down, I would feel it was a tear from your eye because you do know my name and every tear that I cry.

I walked a few more steps and one drop of rain landed on my lip. I began to tear up myself as I felt I had been kissed by His tear. A few moments more, and many drops came. In the midst of haze above me and the seeming barrenness around me, He cares and He knows my name even as the song says "when I am overwhelmed by the pain, He knows my name.”

~First Posted by Robert Hooker on Facebook

Bear Ye One Another's Burdens

Bear ye one another's burdens
and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Cain asked, 'Am I my brother's keeper?' 
The carnal christian will wonder the same thing.
It is no mistake that the Spirit placed hatred, murder, 
and heresies in the same list of 'the works of the flesh'. 

But he that is spiritual knows that he IS indeed his brothers keeper. 
He knows that he is duty bound by the Word of God to seek their restoration. 
"Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, 
ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; 
considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted." Galatians 6:1

Bear ye one another's burdens
and so fulfill the law of Christ.

But some may say, 'I have tried and they will not hear it.' 
Then you have delivered yourself from anyfurther obligation besides love. 
If they refuse then forbear WITH them in love but 
if they be divisive then you have no choice, 
you are also bound by theWord, to walk AWAY.

They shall bear their own burden.
But consider yourself lest you are tempted to 
respond in anger, wrath, or malice.

Bear ye one another's burdens
and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Count it ALL Joy

We never enjoy the forms our trials take.
Always quick to complain or cast in our minds that
there must be some easier, more desirable way. 

But no, if we desire that good, and acceptable, and perfect way of God
then there is no other way; it must be as He has decreed.

If He chose some other way,
would it be any less painful and still
perform the intended transformation? 

No we never will enjoy the trials we endure,
that is why they are so effective.
He who knows our hearts also knows
what it will take to subdue the will.

But when at once we acknowledge that God has
determined to form in us something stronger,
and to prepare in us a work more effective,
then we submit to His omniscient way
and our trial becomes a trying of our faith.

Only then by faith, can we count it all joy.

"My brethren, count it all joy
when ye fall into divers temptations;"
James 1:2