THE BRUISED REED

THIS IS A DAILY BY MAX LUCADO. IT REALLY TOUCHED ME, MAY IT DO THE SAME FOR YOU!
JOHNNY

A Place for the Weary



Do not lose the courage you had in the past, which has a great reward.
Hebrews 10:35 (NCV)



Is there anything more frail than a bruised reed? Look at the bruised reed at the water's edge. A once slender and tall stalk of sturdy river grass, it is now bowed and bent.



Are you a bruised reed? Was it so long ago that you stood so tall, so proud?...



Then something happened. You were bruised...
by harsh words
by a friend's anger
by a spouse's betrayal ....



The bruised reed .... Society knows what to do with you .... The world will break you off; the world will snuff you out.



But the artists of Scripture proclaim that God won't. Painted on canvas after canvas is the tender touch of a Creator who has a special place for the bruised and weary of the world. A God who is the friend of the wounded heart.





From: He Still Moves Stones

Copyright (Word Publishing, 1993)
Max Lucado