The devil loves to speak lies to us…especially when we are most vulnerable.
So many times, when my heart is hurting; when I’m missing someone who is no longer with us, I get this feeling of guilt.
In the midst of my pain, I feel guilty because I have so many people God has blessed me to get to do this life with.
So many family members still here with me.
Good health, safe home, food, and on and on.
And it’s so true.
I have so much to be grateful for.
But the devil will even use these good things to bring as much pain and trouble as he can.
I don’t believe God is bringing these thoughts to me when I’m sad.
He is a comforter.
2 Corinthians 1:3 says, “God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.”
God isn’t going to dismiss the pain I’m feeling to tell me how grateful I should be for all the things I still have.
But the devil would.
The devil would tell me how ungrateful I am for being sad when I have so much to be thankful for.
I don’t believe God would tell me that.
He is close to the broken-hearted. He will sit with me in my hurting.
Jesus himself was a man of sorrows.
Jesus wept for His friend Lazarus even though He knew the future.
His deep grief for him was due to His great love.
We grieve not because we don’t have the hope of Heaven, but because of the great love we have in our hearts for those who are waiting on us.
So don’t let the devil make you feel guilty when once again your heart is aching.
Because Jesus is there with you.
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3
