When you are in the middle of a battle, cancer, car crashes, or relationship messes, it is a gift to be able to turn to God. Scripture and worship songs begin to take on a deeper meaning. Words you may have read or sung a hundred times suddenly feel different.
They become life giving.
The sickness, disease, and heartache we face today may look different than what we read about in Scripture, but the human suffering is the same, and God is the same. In the Bible we read of leprosy. Today we face cancer. The names are different, but the pain, fear, and desperation are not.
Jesus came and was present with those who were suffering. He did not avoid their pain or explain it away. He touched the sick. He healed. And He wept. He met people right where they were.
As I walk with my wife through this season of cancer, I have felt the presence of God in powerful ways. While praying over her, while singing worship with her, and in the quiet moments when words fall short and tears take over.
God invites us to cry out to Him. He welcomes our prayers for healing, for strength, and for the defeat of what seeks to harm us. He is not distant from our suffering.
God is so good, even here, even now.
