As the Day Begins “He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” — Isaiah 53:3 There is something deeply reassuring about knowing that God does not stand at a distance from our suffering. The prophet Isaiah uses the Hebrew phrase mak’obot (מַכְאֹבוֹת), meaning “pains” or “sorrows,” to describeContinue reading “He Knows My Sorrow, He Calls Me to Love”