"I've Tried So Hard, Lord" by Ross Kingham

	I've Tried So Hard, Lord
	Micah 6:8
	He is tired, his eyes clouded. He will lead worship tonight, and does. His talk today is of acting justly, loving tenderly and walking humbly. The mid-life strain familiar marks his face. Others are not just towards him, nor he to himself. Nor tender. And one so much on show finds inner humility as slippery as a tiddler in a pond. Even his report of an acquaintance who was killed today sounded off-hand, a jaded nightmare, a sop for intercessions. Is true compassion now beyond him? The bending and the breaking of this terrible storm within, the gasping for breath in the night ever be stilled? Do those who fail Micah's call do so, sometimes, not of unwillingness, but out of ghastly depletion? Let Your shalom be given abundantly to those who care too much! Ross Kingham © - 2000 Ross lives in Canberra, Australia. He is the director/administrator of Barnabas Ministries, Inc., which offers ministers of the Gospel a place to pause, refresh their perspective, and renew their acquaintance with God.

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