Scripture: Psalm 42

“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed…. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.”

— Elie Wiesel, Night

“We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ‘Blessed are they that mourn,’ and I accept it. I’ve got nothing that I hadn’t bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination.”

―C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

“I had a dream that I was waking at the burning edge of dawn

And all that rain had washed me clean, all the sorrow was gone

I had a dream that I was waking at the burning edge of dawn

And I could finally believe the King had loved me all along”

—Andrew Peterson, “The Dark Before the Dawn”The post Grief is Great, but Grace is Greater Still first appeared on Hope Church PCA.