Where is God in my Sorrow?

I want to explore sorrow a bit more. We live at a time when it is understood to be normal to always be happy. If you stay unhappy, there is something wrong with you. While there is truth in that, as it is not a good thing to go through life as a grump, sorrow is a part of life

In one of the books of the Bible, Ecclesiastes, it says that life on earth is full of sorry. In other places, we read of sorrow coming from lost relationships, the judgement of God on sin, and even parental sorrow at how their adult children have turned out.

Our Lord speaks into our sorrow by being with us. His people Israel could experience their sorrow fleeing because of the Lord’s intervention in their lives. Jesus promised his disciples that their sorrow because he was leaving them would turn to joy when he came back.

Sorrow is real in this life and our Lord knows this. Yet he comes to us in our sorrow, and this relationship with him is our source of hope and can lead us to possible joy

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