Deuteronomy 1:1-46; Ecclesiastes 1:1-2:11; Luke 6:1-19
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart. Psalm 34:18
George Matheson began to go blind at age 20. At the time his fiancée told him she couldn’t go through life with a blind man and severed their engagement. His sister cared for him, but when she married, he lost her companionship. Amidst his sadness, on the eve of his sister’s wedding, he wrote: “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go.” Troubles are part of life, but they don’t need to have the last word. Our Father has wiped our tears before they hit our pillow. There is joy to be found even in the deepest sorrow. —Alyssa Gee
“O Joy, that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to Thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain
That morn shall tearless be.” —George Matheson