Brokenhearted

“Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness [sickness]; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none” (Psalm 69:20). 

Dear Praying Friends:
 
Although all the psalms point to Christ, some, like Psalm 69, are traditionally labelled “messianic” because they describe his last days so explicitly and exactly. 

Jesus suffered most horribly in every way, including the anguish of being unjustly accused and totally abandoned by others. 

At our best, we try to accept and learn when our friends and family point out our errors and sins, knowing that God uses these to show us where we need to grow, especially in our trust that we have no righteousness of our own and are justified by his grace, through faith in Christ. 

But when false accusations come our way, it seems intolerable. Unkind or unwarranted criticism, especially from those close to us, can pierce us with acute pain and deep sorrow. 

At such times, we can take comfort in the experience of Jesus. He had to endure “such hostility from sinners" (Hebrews 12:3) that it broke his heart. He knows how we feel!  

Yours in the love of the One who knows us from the inside, 
Wright