Brokenhearted

Our sweet little  great nephew

"...the Lord has anointed Me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent Me to bind up brokenhearted and to proclaim freedom to the captives...to comfort all who mourn...giving them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of the spirit of despair..." (Isa. 61:1-3)

When our great nephew's first grade teacher recently called on him to answer an arithmetic problem, he gave the wrong answer. His classmates laughed; he cried.

"I had to go see the school nurse," he told his mother later.

"Why did you have to see the nurse?" she asked.

He replied, "Because it broke my heart."

Around 700 B.C., the Old Testament prophet, Isaiah, foretold the coming of the Holy-Spirit-anointed Servant, who would comfort the brokenhearted, set captives free, transform ashes to beauty and despair to praise - a prophecy of Jesus Christ Himself.

Brokenhearted, beloved? In despair? In sorrow? Or suffering? Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace!