No matter how much my
parents tried, I just felt they didn't know what I was going through. I couldn't even bring myself to tell how I felt because I didn't even understand why I felt the way I did!
Then one day after school, feeling so depressed and at the brink of despair, I started crying again. This time more intense than ever, and as I did, I wondered
"Why doesn't anyone care? Why am I so desperately lonely? Why do I feel so useless?"
Then one day after school, feeling so depressed and at the brink of despair, I started crying again. This time more intense than ever, and as I did, I wondered
"Why doesn't anyone care? Why am I so desperately lonely? Why do I feel so useless?"
As
I pondered these questions, I suddenly remembered the words of the song I used
to sing in my former school "What a friend we have in Jesus".
I had sang that song
dozens of times during our school's morning assembly, so I knew the words by
heart. But that day, as I sang the song with tears in my eyes and despair
in my heart, the words came alive!
I realised I could talk
to the Lord Jesus about anything. I knew there and then that I didn't need to
carry this needless pain when I could take it to the Lord in prayer.
Oh, how amazing those
words were and still are! It was like water to my parched soul!
Even though I didn't
know what I was doing, I remember asking Jesus to become my friend and
give me peace. That was the day my life was changed for good. I felt peace deep down in my heart and it showed in my behaviour. I became a happier and more satisfied person. Through the
years till date, He has remained a True Friend, a wonderful saviour and a
loving Father. I have stumbled and
fallen many times, but He has never left me or abandoned me, His gentle
Hands have always lifted me up.
If you feel anything
close to what I felt; being misunderstood and in despair, then may I suggest
that you make Jesus your friend. You too can enjoy peace even when things
don't make sense. You too can have the assurance that there is
Someone who truly loves you and cares passionately about you.
You too can know that
you don't have to bear whatever life throws your way alone, Jesus can help
you bear any load.
Please sing with me,
"What a friend we have in Jesus"
1.What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. 2. Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer. 3. Are we weak and heavy laden, cumbered with a load of care? Precious Saviour, still our refuge; take it to the Lord in prayer. Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? Take it to the Lord in prayer! In his arms he'll take and shield thee; thou wilt find a solace there.
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