Under Gods Command

Isaiah 22:4 – Therefore I said, “Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly.  Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.”

Isaiah had warned his people, but they did not repent; thus they would experience God’s judgment.  Because of his care for them, Isaiah was hurt by their punishment and mourned deeply for them. Sometimes people we care for ignore our attempts to help, so they suffer the very grief we wanted to spare them.  At times like that we grieve because of our concern. God expects us to be involved with others, and this may sometimes require us to suffer with them.

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