When a child comes to you and says: “Mummy (or daddy) my sore hurts”

As a loving parent you will not want your child to suffer unnecessarily, you will do the very best you can to bring healing to their hurt.

We have a heavenly father, who loves us greater than any earthly parent, who wants to heal our hurt.

Psalm 23: 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows

Because we live in an imperfect world, you’re going to be hurt. You’ll be hurt accidents, by illnesses. But the deepest hurts you’ll have in your life will come from people. Relationships,  are the greatest source of stress in our lives. They are also the greatest blessing and the greatest joy. Yet people do hurt us, sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally, sometimes accidentally, sometimes on purpose.

But the pain can be managed! Like a middle eastern shepherd, who uncompromisingly cared for his sheep, we have our Lord Jesus, the Good Shepherd who cares for all our hurts if we allow Him.

Will you trust your Good Shepherd to do that for you today?

Tony Galea

Sheep have many natural enemies — wolves, foxes, eagles, snakes, ticks… Sheep are very defenceless animals. Sheep cannot defend themselves from anything. They don’t have teeth that are sharp that they can bite with. They don’t have claws. They can’t kick. They can’t run fast. They are absolutely the most defenceless animal there is.

They don’t know how to do anything. They can’t be safe unless somebody protects them.
The job of a good shepherd is to go find a good table land, a mesa, a field of green grass, and drive out all the enemies but also to bring healing to their hurts.
Then he brings the sheep and gives them a safe place to eat.

What is your greatest hurt? What is your greatest enemy?
God is saying “Let me heal your hurts, let me deal with your enemy”

Tony Galea