At my friend Chuck's memorial service the pastor mentioned the death of Lazarus. It reminded me of the shortest scripture in the bible: "Jesus wept." John 11:35
The next verse is really cool, "The Jews said, see how he loved him." John 11:36
We all wept at Chuck's service. We all loved him.
People die all the time and we don't cry because we didn't know them. But when someone that we love dies, we cry. In fact, the depth of the tears, the depth of the grief is proportional to the size of the love. If you are really hurting over something, there was most likely some pretty serious love.
Look how much we loved that person. Look how much that relationship meant to us.
In your grief, I reach out to you with a hug.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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