Reading: Lamentations 5:11-15: "...Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music. The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning."
Restore
Mourning--loss--fear--tears--each rip us apart. We replace love and hope with anger and dread and sometimes become determined to battle. Or sometimes to fade away into isolation internally and externally.
Grief cannot be mended. Yet only in the Lord can it be softened into sadness and memories. To remember and embrace without torment.
To cherish life day by day in all circumstances and become compassionate to others in heartbreak.
Lord, guide each of us to pray to hold onto You in grief and in joy, in mourning and in joy, in isolations and joy. Your light alone, by Your direction, will show us how to live into peace in all circumstances.
Your thoughts,
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