Sharing in the Father's Labour

T’is tough to carry the burden of someone you don’t know. But it’s God’s way of ensuring that His Family members learn to care for one another even if they’ve never met face-to-face.
These past weeks have been a challenge. I’ve had to face conflicts not for my sake but for the sake of those known only by God.
The joy these weeks have come from a fore-knowledge: fore-knowledge of these things. It seems to be God’s way of keeping my heart stayed on Him.
I’ve wounded but through it all I can say “my redeemer is at work, His purpose He will fulfil, I can rejoice in being a partaker in His work”.
Let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body, marks of carrying the Lord’s burden