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SWIRLS OF NURTURE

Sometimes I feel like a creator, sometimes I feel like a teacher,  sometimes I feel like a worshipper, 
sometimes I just feel three worlds swirling, colliding, morphing into new worlds . . 
. . . yet with each swirl the need to nurture . . .
. . . nurture midst fragile creations, vulnerable artists, emotive questioning soundscapes, wondering and wandering thoughts, midst a church wondering how to create in the image of the One who created all.

Do you want someone to carry your grief?

7/8/2025

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I have good news for you. Jesus will! Notice the word  “surely” in verse 4.
He was despised and rejected by men;  a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.  Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:3-4

Isaiah reminds us that because Jesus was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, He bears our griefs and carries our sorrows. Use God’s pattern given to us in the lament Psalms.
— Describe your grief as a
cry for help.
— List your sorrows one by one. This is your
complaint. 
— Make a
statement of trust based on these verses. God, I know that you are a compassionate God who can bear my griefs and carry my sorrows.
— Then make
specific requests based on your sorrows and concerns. 
—Finally, close with
praise.
Father in heaven, I give you my grief and sorrow. I give you my questions, anger, pain, confusion, sorrows, and frustration. I praise You for carrying my griefs and my sorrows. I praise you because the burden of my grief and sorrow is less.

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