Day 82: March 22, 2016 Troubled Heart

March 22, 2016 Troubled Heart
Day 82

Really, God? Do not let your hearts be troubled? Do you r- e- a- l- l- y understand, God? About twenty-six lives ended today in Brussels because of a  terrorist attack. ISIS is mowing down communities as if it is their job. Someone is being sexually assaulted as I type. Someone is being physically abused and no one, yet, knows about it. People you should trust are disappointing us right and left. Do not let your hearts be troubled? How so?

Shhhh....., He whispers to me... shhhh. His loving hands cup my face and turn my sad face to His son, the Lamb who took away the sins of the world. His spirit of love washes over me as He pulls me from the boiling, churning waves and asks me to look full on in His face. Do not let your heart be troubled is spoken to us in the midst of a storm.

Peace is established through a painful, sacrificial, atoning death on a shameful cross. His heart was troubled so that our hearts may not be troubled. The command, Do not let your hearts be troubled, is asking us to live in faith.

Yes, He knows about Brussels, about Paris, about Syria, about the family who began their refugee journey today. He knows. He grieves. But His Son opened the door to the throne room. And yes, He knows about the trouble we are in and He says to us, Do not let your hearts be troubled.

Rest.