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What to Do When Your Heart is Heavy · Kate’s Devotional Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome, I'm Kate Dreston.
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  SPEAKER_00: So glad you joined my five-minute podcast where my goal is to bring you
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  SPEAKER_00: encouragement as we try to live our lives according to the Bible.
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  All around me,
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  I have friends and family who are dealing with such difficult burdens.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm sure you could say the same.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the next five minutes,
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  I'm going to give you three things we can take comfort in when those problems
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  seem
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  SPEAKER_00: to be so heavy on our shoulders.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was praying for my friends the other day and their specific concerns
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  I was shocked at how many are dealing with so much hard and serious stuff.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's all kinds of things, and I'm sure this will sound familiar.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was praying for a prodigal child who's walked away from God,
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  SPEAKER_00: which is just breaking their parents' hearts.
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  I prayed for broken family relationships where they're fighting with each
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  other.
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  And there are those that are facing cancer and chronic illness where they
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  can't
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  SPEAKER_00: figure out a diagnosis or a treatment.
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  SPEAKER_00: I prayed for a friend to find a job after being laid off for months.
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  SPEAKER_00: You get the idea.
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  SPEAKER_00: These aren't trivial things for my friends.
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  And I bet you're shaking your head because you think of your friends and your
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  own
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  SPEAKER_00: life where things like this are happening.
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  SPEAKER_00: So what do we do when our heart is breaking?
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  SPEAKER_00: When that heaviness and sadness just pierce our soul?
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  SPEAKER_00: When that heaviness and sadness just pierce our soul?
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  SPEAKER_00: #1, The Shepherd Sees Us.
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  SPEAKER_00: #1, The Shepherd Sees Us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not that it's that common in many parts of the world anymore,
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  SPEAKER_00: but there are places where it's a thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Bible draws many parallels to God being the Christian's Shepherd.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Bible draws many parallels to God being the Christian's Shepherd.
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  SPEAKER_00: The shepherd gets to know them so well,
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  SPEAKER_00: he can detect even the slightest limp,
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  SPEAKER_00: or he can notice the wounds that aren't visible,
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  SPEAKER_00: like a bruise that's causing an issue with one of his animals.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord, our Shepherd, sees us.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord, our Shepherd, sees us.
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  SPEAKER_00: John 10:3 says He calls His own sheep, that is us, Christians, by name.
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  Even though His flock is huge,
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  God knows exactly how each of our hearts are feeling.
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  SPEAKER_00: He doesn't have to be told.
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  SPEAKER_00: He doesn't have to be told.
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  SPEAKER_00: What a good feeling to know He sees us.
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  #2,
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  we can take comfort in the fact that the Shepherd tends to our wounds.
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  #2,
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  we can take comfort in the fact that the shepherd tends to our wounds.
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  He understands how to clean the cut,
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  make the salve,
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  apply it for proper healing.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a daily part of his job.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our Good Shepherd tends to our wounds, too.
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  You know,
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  Psalms 147:3 talks about how He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their
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  wounds.
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  God provides us exactly what we need for the emotional or physical problems
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  we experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: And number three.
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  We can take comfort in the fact that the Shepherd will see to the problem until
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  it's healed.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, a good shepherd loves his sheep.
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  He wants to make sure they get through the suffering so they can get better and
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  move forward.
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  He continually checks on them to ensure the injury is healing as it should.
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  SPEAKER_00: He never just leaves it not caring about the outcome.
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  SPEAKER_00: His life's investment is in his sheep.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our Shepherd will never leave us behind to fend for ourselves.
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  In Matthew 28:20,
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  Jesus said that he's with us always,
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  even to the end of the age.
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  SPEAKER_00: He gave us the Holy Spirit that is with us always.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our emotional and physical well-being, they're important to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even when we feel He's not working in our situation, He is.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have to remember he has his own plan.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's wrap this up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Being in the Lord's flock guarantees we are receiving the best care.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord is all-powerful and all-knowing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And while He may not take away our pain or make our problems go away,
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  SPEAKER_00: He will lead us through it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So friends, trust Him today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Follow where the Gentle Shepherd leads,
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  SPEAKER_00: whether it's through those low valleys or the high mountaintops,
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  SPEAKER_00: because I'm going to be doing the same.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you want more of my podcasts or written devotionals,
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  SPEAKER_00: you can check out my free Substack account.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's Kate Dreston.substack.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make it a great day and thanks for listening.