He Carries Me

Jesus understands.

"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old." Isaiah 63:9

"My beloved is mine and I am his..." Song of Solomon 2:16

"For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities..." Hebrews 4:15

Are you tired? Have an illness you can't seem to shake? Weary mama? Frustrated dad? Look long and hard at the picture above. You are that lamb in Jesus' care. He so tenderly cares for you.

He knew that we would wonder
How a God who made the sun to shine,
Who made the sound of thunder
And set each planet in the sky,
Could ever know just how it felt
To hurt and sometimes even cry,
To often feel rejected,
Then be left to wonder why.

And so He came to us, 
He took on flesh and became a man;

And so He came to us, 
So we could know He would understand

Our every joy and grief, our pain and relief, 
Every heartache we go through--

Yes, Jesus came to us, 

So we could know--He knew!

He's a God who can be touched 
With the feelings and the burdens that we bear;

He said, If you come to Me, 
I will give you rest and take your cares!

He's reaching out to you right now, 
And He is listening when you call;

Cast your cares upon him, 
For He wants to take them all!

That's why He came to us, 
He took on flesh and became a man;

That's why He came to us, 
So we could know He would understand

Our every joy and grief, our pain and relief, 
Every heartache we go through--

Yes, Jesus came to us, 
So we could know--He knew!

~ words and music by Wayne Goodine

Don't give up. Don't give in to the enemy's whispers that you'll always be hurting. Don't listen when he tells you Jesus doesn't care. I know He cares. His heart is touched with my grief. When the days are weary, the long nights dreary, I know my Saviour cares!*

He carries me.

*Does Jesus Care, Frank E. Graeff, 1860-1919