Your Open Word e-Devotional for March 3rd

Published: Fri, 03/03/17


Hello ,


Life hits hard sometimes. Loss is never easy.  Whether it's losing someone that you love, going through a painful break-up in a relationship, or moving from a place that you have come to know as "home," into another spot that seems do different, life has many moments of loss.

I have been touched by a song from Russ Taff that really spoke to me during times of struggle, trials, and loss in my own life.  I believe that this number of "God-breathed" and speaks to the very human tendency of wondering "why."   Let me share the lyrics with you:

I Cry by Russ Taff

When peace cannot be found
and sleep won't visit me tonight
a restless mind that I can't tame
how off the floor I call Your name
sign of silence and the tears begin to fall

I cry...
and You're the one who hears me calling
I fall...
so easily but You're there to catch me
say the words that heal me
I'm safe when I'm with You
You touch my eyes and I can see


Oh the comfort that You bring
when nothing else can reach inside
sympathetic friends are all around
their soothing words fall to the ground
in silence I feel You here with me

I cry...
and You're the one who hears me calling
I fall...
so easily but You're there to catch me
say the words that heal me
I'm safe when I'm with You
You touch my eyes and I can see


1 Peter 5:7 says this: "Turn all your anxiety over to God because he cares for you."

God never wastes a tear. There is never a time when we lose that He does not understand our pain.  What a wonderful promise!

Have a great day and God bless!


Pastor Mike / The Open Word