Adjustments
I adjusted the scope of this blog to go beyond the loss of a classmate to pain suffered. I am reminded that life is hard. You need a place to vent, a space to share what's going on in your life. You live with pain in your life. Some may bottle it up. Others may explode. Some may displace it upon others in volcanic measures. Others may deny it and replace it with religious cliches. Yet how does my pain relate to God and His world? Does he care?

I believe God does care. In fact God says to you right now, "Cast all your cares on Me, for I care for you." One of the close followers of Jesus, the apostle Peter penned these words in I Peter 5:7, "casting all your cares on Him because He cares for you." In the verse before Peter challenges the followers of Jesus to humble themselves before God. He wrote, "Be humble in the presence of God's mighty power, and he will honor you when the time comes. (1 Peter 5:6)" The main thought here is to be humble in God's powerful presence. If you have this humble attitude that the all-powerful, all-mighty, all-knowing Creator God of the universe is greater than you, then he will honor you. Knowing that God is greater than you brings you to the place where you can cast all your anxiety upon Him. Why? Because He cares for you. He cares. Every anxiety. Every heartache. Every pain. Every question. All of it can be cast upon God because He cares for you. God cares. So take a moment to share how God has cared for you amidst your pain.
Pastor D