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Daily Bread

God’s tender care

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You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities. – Psalm 31:7

During a time of grief, C. S. Lewis observed that his neighbors walked across the street to avoid him when they saw him approaching.

David too knew a time of grief when he said, "I am a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors . . . I am forgotten like a dead man" (Psalm 31:11-12).

Perhaps you’ve known times when friends seem to forget you in your sorrow. They fail to call, or write, or promise to pray.

But those are the times when we can sense God’s tenderness most deeply. When the days are long and lonely and no one seems to care, He seeks us out and surrounds us with lovingkindness. Our sorrow, far from burdening Him, draws out His tender compassion. He knows the troubles of our soul (v. 7). And He cares. Thus we can commit our spirit into His hand (v. 5), as our Lord Jesus did when all forsook Him and fled.

Poet Frank Graeff asks, "Does Jesus care when my heart is pained too deeply for mirth and song; as the burdens press, and the cares distress, and the way grows weary and long?" The answer? Yes! He invites us to give our burdens and cares to Him, because He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7).

Trust God to care for you today. – David Roper

O yes, He cares – I know He cares!

His heart is touched with my grief;

When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,

I know my Savior cares! – Graeff


READ: Psalm 31:1-14


We can never get beyond the circle of God’s care.

The Bible in one year:


• Isaiah 3-4

• Galatians 6

CARE

CARES

DAVID ROPER

DOES JESUS

GOD

GRAEFF

GRIEF

LORD JESUS

POET FRANK GRAEFF

TRUST GOD

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