Sometimes divorce occurs in our sin-cursed world, and somebody is hurt deeply. When one is disappointed thus in love, the wound is profound and lasting--sometimes for an entire life.
Does Jesus care? Does the Holy Spirit, who is infinite, notice the loss? He sees when a little bird falls to the forest floor and He cares (Matt. 10:29, 30). Yes, the Lord cares about the pain that the denial of love can bring. The loss due to death is grievous, but the pain that comes when a loved one turns on you in bitterness and hatred is even more painful to endure. But there is no earthly pain that the "much more abounding grace" of the Lord Jesus (see Rom. 5:20) does not relieve with everlasting comfort.
The Lord has not promised us that we will never have such pain to endure, but He has promised that He will substitute for it the goodness of His personal presence, in deep soul comfort. And no earthly fellowship is so soul enriching; for the One who is both your Creator and your Redeemer knows every single and intensely personal aspect of your individual soul.
That is what Psalm 139 has been telling us all along: "Thou understandest my thought afar off ... and art acquainted with all my ways. .. If I take the wings of the morning, ... even there shall Thy hand lead me. ... Even the night shall be light about me."
Divine love like that (agape) you can't run away from!
"How precious also are [His] thoughts unto [all of us], O God! .. When I awake, I am still with Thee. ... Search me, O God, ... try me, .. and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
Amen and amen!
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