N is for NEAR

 

Today is brought to you by the letter N.  

It's another day in the A-Z Challenge and my theme is Attributes of God.

God is NEAR.  

Here is one of my fave Scriptures about God being near to us. 

There have been many times throughout my life....and I'm sure you can relate to this as well...where I have had a broken heart....my first crush in junior high school, my first real break-up as a young adult when I thought he would be "the one".....betrayal of a friend I can no longer trust....betrayal of former  church leaders who just broke our hearts with their responses to things we were alerting them to (this is not the time or space to share that story, but those of my new church leadership know all about it as do my spiritual mentors and  some close friends).....that kind of betrayal leaves us feeling crushed in spirit. 

Maybe you've gone through your own physical or emotional abuse and betrayals.  Maybe you've gone through a painful divorce or have had a child die or a child who no longer speaks with you....there are all kinds of situations that break our hearts. 

Maybe it's the current leadership in our nation or other political shenanigans.

Maybe it's today's culture or things you see happening in your country, state, county, city, suburb. 

 To forgive people who break our hearts takes a lot of inner work.  I can say I have forgiven people who have emotionally wounded me, but it's only because I know God had a better plan for me. And I know His Peace.  But it did take a LOT of work and seemed to take a long time.  

Yet God sees it.  He will bring justice one day if not now. 

Jesus is the Man that this Scripture talks about. 

And He loves us.  He is near to us.....just a whisper or a cry or a shout away.  He doesn't cringe from our pain. Anyone can be near to God if they just reach out. It doesn't matter who you are!  

God is Near.