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“A child dies two days after birth. Her parents cried out for help, and hundreds of friends cried out too. Might there still have been deliverance? Consider that the parents had been delivered from death and the Evil One and that the child belonged to God and would be with him. Those deliverances might not lessen the parents’ and friends’ grief, but they do mean that the community can grieve with hope.”
― Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love
― Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love
“Sometimes we suffer for righteousness’ sake, other times for our own folly, and quite often, simply as a result of belonging to a fallen creation in which suffering and death are inevitable.”
― A Place for Weakness: Preparing Yourself for Suffering
― A Place for Weakness: Preparing Yourself for Suffering
“Friends are the best helpers. They come prepackaged with compassion and love. All they need is wisdom, and that is available to everyone.”
― Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love
― Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love
“Confession is always a good place to start when we feel lost.”
― Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love
― Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love
“Even when they use the psalms, our contemporary praise choruses pick out the upbeat notes but don’t know what to do with that blue note. Imagine singing one of these psalms in church next Sunday: My soul refuses to be comforted. When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I consider the days of old, the years long ago… “Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?”
― A Place for Weakness: Preparing Yourself for Suffering
― A Place for Weakness: Preparing Yourself for Suffering
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