Our Hope Dispenser!
"But the Lord is with me
as a mighty, awesome One."
Jeremiah 20: 11
Hospital chaplain Scott Jensen described his turbulent year of
bed
side ministry during COVID. In early days of the pandemic,
physicians
were shocked at the condition of patients, who came into the
hospital
walking and talking, but within hours were unable to do
either.
“Those moments were excruciating for everybody,” Jensen
said.
As months passed, strain of hospital work grew. The question
is:
Who comforts the comforter and refills the dispensers of
hope?
“I’m grateful that the good Lord does,”
Jensen said, adding that he regularly felt
God’s presence. “He refills my tank.”
In Jeremiah 20, the prophet records being whipped and placed
in
stocks. After his release, he composed a prayer filled with
emotion,
doubt, despair, anger, hope, all rolled into one prayer. His
emotions
were frenzied. One thing he knew for sure, Lord God was with
him.
In our loneliness, always remember we're never
alone. God is with us. He dispenses hope and
His presence keeps our tanks
full.
"True peace comes not from the absence
of trouble, but from the presence of God."
Alexander MacLaren
