The Hard Couch of Sorrow by Henry
Law Exodus chapter 3 verse 7 Then the Lord told Moses, You can
be sure I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have
heard their cries for deliverance from their harsh slave drivers.
Yes, I am concerned about their suffering. Exquisite tenderness
melts in these words. Assurance of compassion is most
sweetly stated. Let no believer faint in the
hour of trial. His feet may travel in affliction's
road, he may be called to lie on the hard couch of sorrow.
Troubles may roll over him as wave upon wave, but the eye of
divine love ever watches him. The heart of divine love ever
throbs sympathetically for him. The ear of divine love ever listens
to his cry. The hand of divine love will
in due season be outstretched to help him. The patient sufferer
will sing with David in Psalm chapter 18 verse 19. He led me
to a place of safety. He rescued me because he delights
in me.