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“I Hurt!”

Psalm 23:4 “…I will fear no evil…You are with me.” WEB¹

Chronic headaches, endless insomnia leading to depression, the death of a baby, the death of a second child.

What would you or I say to God?

Many people would rail at Him in anger. Some would ask, “Why?” Others would quit talking and give up.

But others, like Elizabeth Payton Prentiss, shine brighter to glorify God, even though she also said, “I hurt.”

Photo by Aaron Carley

And in her relentless pain and loss she wrote this.

More Love to Thee O Christ

More love to Thee.

This is the prayer I make

On bended knee.

This all my prayer shall be

More love, O Christ, to Thee

More love to Thee

More love to Thee!

How could she pen those words?

Because she knew this, Truth.

1 John 4:9-10 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.  Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.  CSB²

Photo by Patti McClellan

1. World English Bible (WEB)by Public Domain. The name “World English Bible” is trademarked. ↩︎
2. Christian Standard Bible (CSB)The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved. ↩︎