A Place for the Weary:

Hebrews 10:35-36 35 So do not lose the courage you had in the past, which has a great reward.36 You must hold on, so you can do what God wants and receive what he has promised.

Is there anything more frail than a bruised reed? Look at the bruised reed at the waters edge. A once slender and tall stalk of sturdy river grass, it is now bowed and bent.

Are you a bruised reed? Was it so long ago that you stood so tall, so proud?...

Then something happened. You were bruised...
By harsh words
By a friends anger
By a spouses betrail
A lost race...

The bruised reed... society knows what to do with you... the world will break you off; the world will snuff you out.

But the artists of scripture proclaim that God won't. Painted on canvas after canvas is the tender touch of the Creator who has a special place for the bruised and weary of the world. A God who is the friend of the wounded heart.

~From Carla and Mitchell... God Loves You All, We Love You All!