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The Weight of What Is Gone

biblical pattern of lament

Loss leaves a shape. The person, the possibility, the season that is gone continues to occupy space in the heart. Scripture does not demand that we pretend the weight is not there. It gives language for lament and then, in time, for hope that does not erase the loss but refuses to let it be the final word.

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Loss is real and should be named. Scripture gives permission to grieve.

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