The greater the LOVE...the greater the PAIN. I HATE [HATE!!!] pain!! :'( I HATE it...but sometimes you can't avoid it. I've thought a lot (at times) about my pain (and we ALL have to endure "pain")...but I don't think I've thought that much about YHWH's pain. He LOVES, the way a father loves. Any parent knows that a PARENT loves DIFFERENTLY than a child. Children LOVE their parents!! YES!! I'm a child, and I've ALWAYS LOVED my parents!! But it's NOT the same way I LOVE my CHILDREN...and children don't understand that...until THEY have CHILDREN. A parent's love is Greater in some ways. It's stronger and deeper. It's a "possessive" and "protective" love. It's an unselfish, giving love. It's a caring, providing love. It's unlike any other love I've ever known...and must be--to continue the life cycle. Children can't love in the same way in return, or they'd never leave...and have families of their own. It is the way it should be, as hard as it becomes at times. But it gets even harder if the children "go astray" or fail to continue to take heed to your (protective) instruction. When YOU want the absolute very BEST for them in all ways and in all things--but they REJECT and REFUSE your way, your safety, your wisdom...your will for them. Israel has been the son that has chosen his own way...and haven't we all? WHAT PAIN FOR THE FATHER!! Is there a remedy for such great pain??
My heart is so very heavy, not only for my own pain...but for the pain of YHWH, my Father. For Israel. For us all. I am *thankful* that YHWH has redemption of all things coming. He will even cleanse the earth... and set all things right. I am glad and I take comfort of heart that "though weeping may endure for the night, joy cometh in the morning!" :D Some day Jerusalem will dance and sing! YHWH has spoken and said He *IS* going to gather His children, I want to be a part of His gathering...a part of HIS joy and delight. The Father will remedy His pain, and the pain of his sweet blessed firstborn son :) Yes, there is hope and joy in YHWH our salvation <3 *And I am SO GLAD*
HallaluYAH!!! :D