Tag: grief
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Good Grief (Matthew 5:4; John 11:17-35)
Grief tells us something is wrong with the world. But it also awakens a longing for the day when God will make all things new. In the second Beatitude, Jesus doesn’t tell us to deny our sorrow—He promises that sorrow will not have the last word.
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Day 264: Fasts of Feasting (Zechariah 8:19)
Zechariah’s people had four painful anniversaries on their calendar—days marked by fasting, grief, and memories of Jerusalem’s fall. Then God promised to transform their fasts into feasts. What happens when God changes the meaning of a day?
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Day 238: In the Middle of My Complaining (Lamentations 3:31-33)
Can you find joy in the midst of sorrow? Jeremiah did. Literally. In the exact middle.
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Day 146: Nap Time (Psalm 131)
On the anniversary of my mom’s homegoing, this one hit hard today. There is a deep rest that comes from trusting God like a child at nap time—safe, held, and free from the weight of the world.
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Day 137: My Father is Peace (2 Samuel 18:33)
But even in the wailing, Scripture whispers a deeper truth: the Father of Peace has not abandoned us.
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Day 013: Really, Elihu? (Job 36:1-4)
Job’s friends—and Elihu most of all—say many true things about God. The problem isn’t that they speak falsehoods; it’s that they speak true things in false ways. They turn wisdom into weapons, doctrine into diagnosis, and God’s justice into a cudgel for the suffering. In doing so, they don’t just misread Job—they misrepresent God.