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  I SEE YOUR SORROWS
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: Mary Wilder Tileston's sermon emphasizes God's deep
understanding of both visible and invisible sorrows, offering comfort to
those in pain.

Topics: "Gods Comfort", "Emotional Suffering"
Scripture References: Exodus 3:7, Psalm 34:18, Psalm 147:3, Romans 8:26, 1 Peter 5:7

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Mary Wilder Tileston, preaching from Exodus 3:7, delves into the
different layers of sorrow experienced by individuals. She distinguishes
between visible sorrows, secret sorrows that can be shared with close
ones or poured out to God, and the deepest sorrows that remain unspoken
and can only be laid before God silently. Tileston emphasizes God's
omniscience in acknowledging all forms of sorrow, from the external to
the most hidden depths of pain.

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And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which
are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters;
for I know their sorrows.

Exodus 3:7

THOU knowest, Lord, the weariness and sorrow

Of the sad heart that comes to Thee for rest;

Cares of today, and burdens for tomorrow,

Blessings implored, and sins to be confessed;

I come before Thee at Thy gracious word,

And lay them at Thy feet,-Thou knowest, Lord.

JANE BORTHWICK

THAT sorrow which can be seen is the lightest form really, however
apparently heavy; then there is that which is not seen, secret sorrows
which yet can be put into words, and can be told to near friends as well
as be poured out to God; but there are sorrows beyond these, such as are
never told, and cannot be put into words, and may only be wordlessly
laid before God: these are the deepest. Now comes the supply for each:
"I have seen" that which is patent and external; "I have heard their
cry," which is the expression of this, and of as much of the external as
is expressible; but this would not go deep enough, so God adds, "I know
their sorrows," down to very depths of all, those which no eye sees or
ear ever heard.

F. R. HAVERGAL

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/i-see-your-sorrows/
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