Do not lose the courage you had in the past, which has a great reward.
Hebrews 10:35
Is there anything more frail than a bruised reed? Look at the bruised reed at the water’s edge. A once slender and tall stalk of sturdy river grass, it is now bowed and bent.
Are you a bruised reed? Was it so long ago that you stood so tall, so proud? …
Then something happened. You were bruised …
- by harsh words
- by a friend’s anger
- by a spouse’s betrayal.…
The bruised reed.… Society knows what to do with you.… The world will break you off; the world will snuff you out.
But the artists of Scripture proclaim that God won’t. Painted on canvas after canvas is the tender touch of a Creator who has a special place for the bruised and weary of the world. A God who is the friend of the wounded heart.
He Still Moves Stones
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[1]Lucado, Max; Gibbs, Terri A.: Grace for the Moment: Inspirational Thoughts for Each Day of the Year. Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman, 2000, S. 347
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