DON'T LET THEM SUFFER ALONE

"Nor will God permit you a single tear he does not 

long

to wipe away.

On the cross, when he says to John,

'Son, behold your mother.

Mother, behold your son,'

he is saying to both of them,

'Mary and John,

Never allow the other to suffer alone."

Calvin Miller

Once Upon A Tree  p. 53

Howard Piblishing  2002

I have never seen this story in that way. It feels powerful to me.

 There must be 100 ways to apply it to our lives; anywhere from a child's scraped knee or of feeling rejected, to a family suffering divorce, long-term illness, or financial hardships.

Or . . . Someone who has, like John and Mary, lost someone. The loss often lasts so much longer than we acknowledge.

Or . . . men, women, and even children suffering just for following Jesus.

God, show us how to not let them

Suffer Alone,

Lonnie