Sometimes, I see people around me hurting so much that it's difficult to put into words. So much pain and emptiness; so many more questions than answers. 

And I am left speechless. 

I don't know what to say to the young mother of two boys  who lost her stillborn daughter, only to find out a couple of weeks later that she, herself, suffered from an undetected cancer that had already progressed to Stage 4. And my heart aches for the young mother of three who lost her husband unexpectedly, just three months before her youngest son was born. 

Just as I am wringing my hands, trying to think of something I can do to ease their pain, it is their words that somehow come through to help me feel better. 

"I feel as if I have been sent to the front lines of the battlefield, to report back to everyone what I find. But all I have to report is this: There is no battle! God's got this. He wins." These are the words of Sara Walker, the young mother who is on her Victory March against cancer. Please follow her story for yourself at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/sarawalker. 

Veronica King writes "Jeremy can finally understand all the things I've failed to put into words for him. He finally gets to see my point of view. And for a split second today, the gap between Heaven and My Hell didn't exist. "  Please follow Veronica's story through her blog at http://veronking2003.blogspot.com/. 

And again, I am speechless. 

What I learn from their stories is what I already knew from my own. God comforts, and His comfort is equal to our pain. He shows up and fills our cup with whatever we need to get through that particular day; then does it all again the next day. And the next. And the next. He holds our hand and fixes whatever is broken, because that is just what Daddies do. He allows us to hear his voice, reveals secret pieces of Heaven to us in ways only we can understand. He protects us and holds us close, even when we let Him down. He never stops comforting, as long as we allow Him to meet us on our paths of pain. 

He fights the battles, sometimes even allowing us to feel numb for a time, so we won't have to bear the brunt of it until we are strong enough to handle it. He shines brightest through our deepest pain, aware at how the human side of us cannot even grasp what is happening to us at that time. 

And the best news? His end plan includes a reunion like we can't even imagine. Everything in between here and there points us toward an eternity spent with Him. And it will be so worth it. 

But until then, listen to those who find themselves on the front lines of the battlefield, because they are the ones who are in direct communication with God. 




Matthew 5:4 - Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.