Compassionately Cold:
The 2nd week of January experienced a Strike of cold weather onto Egypt. Cairo was colder than London across some days! "Cold" was the most common word in all conversations, tweets and posts. Yes, we were at home under layers of covers, drinking our hot drinks, yet feeling our guts trembling with these low temperatures. I have noticed that suddenly everyone became very compassionate towards the poor lacking decent clothing, the homeless suffering the cold bites sleeping on the freezing pavements, the mothers who had to keep their babies warm. Thinking and praying for them, collecting blankets, offering shelter, and much more was done as their suffering suddenly became so relevant, vivid and real to us as we all lived and EXPERIENCED a small glimpse of their harsh Cold Pain.
The 2nd week of January experienced a Strike of cold weather onto Egypt. Cairo was colder than London across some days! "Cold" was the most common word in all conversations, tweets and posts. Yes, we were at home under layers of covers, drinking our hot drinks, yet feeling our guts trembling with these low temperatures. I have noticed that suddenly everyone became very compassionate towards the poor lacking decent clothing, the homeless suffering the cold bites sleeping on the freezing pavements, the mothers who had to keep their babies warm. Thinking and praying for them, collecting blankets, offering shelter, and much more was done as their suffering suddenly became so relevant, vivid and real to us as we all lived and EXPERIENCED a small glimpse of their harsh Cold Pain.
Celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ opened my eyes to a new blessing, a new reality. In the light of this cold I read Hebrews 4:15 with new eyes:
For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning. (Hebrews 4:15 AMP)
لأنْ ليس لنا رَئيسُ كهَنَةٍ غَيرُ قادِرٍ أنْ يَرثيَ لضَعَفاتِنا، بل مُجَرَّبٌ في كُلِّ شَيءٍ مِثلُنا، بلا خَطيَّةٍ. (4 العِبرانيّينَ:15)
لأنْ ليس لنا رَئيسُ كهَنَةٍ غَيرُ قادِرٍ أنْ يَرثيَ لضَعَفاتِنا، بل مُجَرَّبٌ في كُلِّ شَيءٍ مِثلُنا، بلا خَطيَّةٍ. (4 العِبرانيّينَ:15)
Yes, Our God knows it all..He knows your pains..if you feel betrayed, He lived it, if you suffer injustice, He went through it, humiliation...hatred...pain...prosecution...He has been through it all. You are no longer alone, His Compassionate heart feels all of you exactly as you felt the suffering cold of the poor. If we, with hearts of stone, were moved by this cold...what about our Father's heart, source of all true love, coming in flesh to live it all with you and Me!
Whatever it is you are going through, bring it to Him in prayer...He is no stranger to your pain!
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