THE LORD KNOWS ALL. He is acquainted with all the sorrows of His people; they do not suffer unnoticed; He sympathises with them, and will sanctify sorrow to them. Israel suffered but Jesus sympathised. "In all their affliction He was afflicted; and the angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old." Beloved, He knows our sorrows, and He is our Comforter. Let us lay them before Him; let us plead with Him; He will be gracious unto us at the voice of our cry; when He hears, He will answer. He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities. He once suffered; He was "The Man of sorrows"; and He is able to succour us who suffer now. His sorrows are ended and so will ours be soon; weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. We shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. We shall enter into His joy, be filled with His love, and so be for ever with Him. O Lord Jesus! suffer me not to dwell on my sorrows, but by Thy Spirit direct my heart into Thy love!

For Meditation:
"Man of Sorrows!" what a name
For the Son of God, who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim!
Hallelujah, what a Saviour!
Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood -
Sealed my pardon with His blood:
Hallelujah, what a Saviour!