Sad Heart
Nehemiah 2:2
so the king asked me, "Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart." I was very much afraid,
Nehemiah, one of my favorite books. In the short first chapter, the Jewish cupbearer to the Persian king, still living in Susa, learns of the crisis in Jerusalem. Shocked, he spends days in fasting and prayer.
The king is named in the second chapter--Artaxerxes. The proud Nehemiah had never showed him a sad face before, and maybe it is an unguarded moment when he does this time, because the king's notice causes him fear. Or perhaps he fears to be honest about the reason, but he speaks up anyway.
And Nehemiah's excellent adventure begins.
What can I take from this heart? What is in my heart will come out, whether it be anxiety and sadness, or the purity of heart Jesus spoke of. Yet here God launches a mission from a sad heart. So there is no point in faking it. Pray constantly, and let the heart show.
so the king asked me, "Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart." I was very much afraid,
Nehemiah, one of my favorite books. In the short first chapter, the Jewish cupbearer to the Persian king, still living in Susa, learns of the crisis in Jerusalem. Shocked, he spends days in fasting and prayer.
The king is named in the second chapter--Artaxerxes. The proud Nehemiah had never showed him a sad face before, and maybe it is an unguarded moment when he does this time, because the king's notice causes him fear. Or perhaps he fears to be honest about the reason, but he speaks up anyway.
And Nehemiah's excellent adventure begins.
What can I take from this heart? What is in my heart will come out, whether it be anxiety and sadness, or the purity of heart Jesus spoke of. Yet here God launches a mission from a sad heart. So there is no point in faking it. Pray constantly, and let the heart show.
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