Lord, in the Word I read, “Jesus wept” and that through this very real reaction to the loss of Jesus’ beloved, we ask that you meet our heartbreak, not to remove it, but to soothe it and to draw us closer to you and know how you suffered. For Christ felt the feelings we are experiencing, raw emotion, piercing pain, and the hollow desolation from anticipated loss. In this overwhelming grief, please help us to be comforted by knowing you are acquainted with suffering, may we le

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