Joy and Sorrow
Every heart has its secret of joy or sorrow that no other person on earth ever shares. Centuries ago King Solomon put it this way: “The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy” (Proverbs 14:10).
Hidden deep down from the sight of the nearest and dearest friends, family and closest acquaintances are often griefs and feelings too deep for utterance or joys that are too great and profound for words. How true is this in the case of the Lord Jesus Himself! Who could ever enter into the depths of the anguish of His soul? Who can estimate properly His joy and pleasure?
To such a High Priest we can go with our heaviest sorrows, and with Him we can share our inmost thoughts of exultation and delight! “For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:15-16).
