"Knowing The Heart of God"

"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." (Isaiah 1:18) If there is one thing that speaks plainer than anything else in our lives, it is the Love of God for His children. And yet, for those that do not know His heart, it can also be one of the hardest things to see. You hear it all the time: If God were so loving, then why is there so much suffering in the world? or, If there really is a God, then why did this have to happen? Do you think God does not care for those that must suffer death or disaster? One of the shortest verses in the Bible answers that question very strongly, and it is found in John 11:35: "Jesus Wept". This took place outside the tomb that Lazarus was in, being dead for four days; and while He watched those around the tomb weeping. Those that stood by, seeing Him weep, thought that He was weeping for Lazarus being dead; but we know that was not true, for in just a few moments He would be calling Lazarus forth from that tomb. But Jesus was weeping for the destruction that sin has brought into the world, and for the sorrow that is felt in the heart of the Father for all of us that have to live through it. To know the heart of God, we must be a child of His; and no one knew the heart of the Father better than the Son. And, although it was painful for the Father to give us His Son, the Bible also states that it pleased the Father to do so: Why? Because it was the only way to redeem man from his fallen condition. However, men scoff at the Gift that was given for them, as if they did not have a need for it at all. Those same people that think they do not need His Gift of redemption are the same ones that question His very existence in the first place. It is quite something that they can not put two and two together, and see the price that was paid for their sorrows to end; but like I said, in order to see the heart of God, you must be His child. God's heart is that none would be lost; but man, because of the hardness of his heart, cannot see his lost state. If man is so mindful of the sorrow around him, then why can't he see the One who can make the sorrow go away? "For He shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of the dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not." (Isaiah 53:2 & 3)