Daily Devotion - Monday, March 14

Hurting Hearts

“Out of the depths I call to you.
O God, hear my voice!
I wait for the Holy One.”
--A song from a hurting heart

The songwriter was not afraid to express the feelings that were written on the heart. The same should be said for us. As a new week of work begins, many of us are pretty silent this morning. Working in the health care field, many of us know that life is very delicate, but we find ways to insulate/protect ourselves from the fragile. Sometimes we find we can’t do that, however! We find that we, too, are brought to our knees, that we, too, are crying tears that won’t quit coming from our eyes, that we, too, are aching deep in our souls.

Staying in touch with our feelings and acknowledging them to one another and to Holy Presence is the best that we can do. Sing your heart song today. Know that your hurting soul is heard.

God of compassion,
Watch over the ways of all of us
And weave out of terrible happenings,
A blanket of love that will sustain us as we experience
An end of winter days that can bring life's cold realities to our lives.
Amen.

--Ben Keckler
03.14.11