The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit -Psalm 34:18
This past week has been an extremely hard week for some of our friends and us. Two different friends of ours have lost loved ones to cancer this last week. One of our friends lost their niece and our other friend lost her dad. It feels like every time we turn around, someone else we know has cancer. It is such an ugly disease, and it's so hard to watch someone you love have to go through so much suffering. It's so hard to see the people you love have to face choices they never thought they have to make. It's so hard to hear the news of someone you care about losing someone they love. It's hard not knowing why God could allow this to happen. It just doesn't make sense to me. That's when I'm reminded that faith is embracing the unknown and uncertainty. Even though none of this makes sense on this side of eternity, I have full faith that God is connecting the dots in ways we can't comprehend....and won't comprehend until we get to heaven. The verse above is a good reminder for me that no matter what hurt I'm facing or what hurt my friends are facing, the Lord will hold us close and carry us through.
