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leave all your soothing props behind, entrusting yourself to the God who cares more about your transformation than your comfort.”

“Expressing sadness and grief can be an act of faith and worship.”

Sacred text is not shy about acknowledging that sadness and sorrow are part of life—no one is exempt. And once one starts to recognize its presence in scriptures . . . It. Is. Everywhere. This is not to say there is no joy and happiness in the scriptures—there is plenty of that too—

—Sometimes life is just hard and stays that way—