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Hosanna in the Heartache

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I am deeply missing a dear friend today who passed away last month and I am heartbroken for all who love her so much. I am thinking about what a tender gift it was from the Lord to take her home on Purim and to be able to celebrate her on Passover and Palm Sunday this Sunday. God writes the best stories.

The Bible’s Honest View of Suffering

I recently saw a clip of Tim Keller explaining how there’s nothing saccharine or Pollyanna in the Bible’s view of suffering. And it struck me again how grateful I am for that.

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Holy Grief

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Previous posts in this Grieving with God series:
1 – Suffering
2 – Choosing Joy
3 – Jesus Wept
4 – Walking with God through Suffering
5 – God is Strong. God is Loving

Thinking more on emotions today and how Jesus wept…

It is not accurate to say that believers shouldn’t grieve deeply. In fact, it is often God’s Spirit in us who is mourning when sorrow rolls in. He mourns with those who mourn. And many times His mourning is a beckoning – a holy invitation to go to Him. That feeling of longing that loss and sadness gives us…. is important to not ignore.

He IS the Father of all compassion and God of all comfort. There’s an entire book in His Word called Lamentations. So when Paul says, “don’t grieve as those without hope” — he is not saying do not grieve. He is saying grieve differently. Carry your grief right to the throne and let the Lord to minister you – filling you with LOVE and comfort and hope.

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Jesus Wept

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Previous posts in this series:
Suffering
Choosing Joy

I know that Choosing Joy is not a denial of hardship – it’s a declaration of trust in Jesus. Joy is a supernatural gift from Him, rooted in His grace. The joy of the Lord is our strength! But if joy is more than an emotion, how do emotions fit into all of this?

In my ponderings with the Lord this morning (and through Tim Keller’s writings), He has been reminding me again that we do not deal with suffering by simply suppressing negative emotions – it’s so much deeper than that. We must allow ourselves to feel emotions deeply so that we can release them, entrusting them to the One who can carry them fully.

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