Does His Heart Break . . .

I don't cry easily (or at least I never used to). I really never had experienced before what a "heart break" was. I had lost boy friends and cried over them, but one day in the Spring of 1993, I got word that some dear friends of mine were divorcing. From appearances, this had seemed like the perfect family and here it was falling apart. All I could think of was the pain that it had to be causing the children. And. . . my heart began to break.

For the first time in my life, I actually felt the wrenching in my chest that went with the tears of the heart ache. And it made me wonder how Jesus must feel.

After all, I loved these folks, but my love is so very little compared to Jesus' love. If this divorce pained me, how much greater must the pain be to Jesus Christ. I couldn't even imagine.
And as I began to contemplate how very small this divorce was when compared to other hurts and sufferings, I considered how terrible the pain must be to the Savior of the World, the Creator of all that was feeling the pain.

I probably wouldn't remember the date that this song was written except that I played it for the rest of the members of "Crossroads to Glory" just days after the terror in Waco, TX with David Koresh ended. By the time I'd finished, the other lead singer was in tears. We grieved for those who had been deceived into following one who was not Christ making the loss of their lives seem so futile.

When you are in pain, Jesus Christ suffers with you. He loves you and is waiting until that day when he can "take His Father's Children home."