Friday Feb 20

Lord, I've been avoiding mourning, scared that if I start feeling the pain I'll be overwhelmed by it. I've kept myself too busy to grieve, too distracted to feel, too numb to acknowledge how much it hurts. But you say mourners are blessed - not because grief is good but because honest mour

Be strong and courageous - not because you're naturally brave, but because I am with you. I will never leave you, never forsake you, never abandon you to face anything alone. When you're scared, remember who's with you. When you're weak, remember whose strength you carry. You are never alo

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46). Jesus quoted Psalm 22 from the cross, crying out in the moment he experienced what we fear most - abandonment by God. For the first and only time in eternity, the Father turned away from the Son. Jesus experienced the full weight