Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title of today's post,

Taken from the Words of a Great Him,

When Darkness Seems to Hide His Face.

I would like to take another day to pray for the people in Texas

before moving on to other subjects.

I've spent the morning, it would be Monday yesterday when I wrote this.

I've spent the morning grieving over the tragic and heart-wrenching stories.

I simply cannot imagine the level of emotional pain many people are experiencing.

At the time of this writing, 82 people are reported dead, a number that will most certainly

rise. Ten children are still missing from the Christian camp and 41 overall in Texas.

It is impossible for words to eliminate or lessen the grief in situations like this,

but it is a balm and a comfort to know others care.

Author and lecturer Leo Buscoglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.

The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four-year-old boy whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had

recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

nothing. I just helped him cry. I have always found the words of Jesus in Luke 418 comforting during times such as these.

As a part of his mission statement, he declared that he had come to bring healing for the broken

hearted. Jesus understands what it means to have a broken heart. The message Bible uses the word

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