Church family,
On Sunday we sat with Mary and Martha outside a tomb. I said something I've needed to hear myself: grief is not a detour from faith. If this has been a heavy season, you're not behind. You're on the road.
See you Sunday. Pastor Dan
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...some of you are in it right now. Grief is not a detour from faith. It is one of the roads faith walks on.
Jesus knew Lazarus would walk out of that tomb, and he wept anyway. Don't let anyone hurry your tears.
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Mary says it first, and then Martha says it. "Lord, if you had been here."
That's not doubt. That's what grief sounds like when it still believes.
Grief is not a detour from faith. It is one of the roads faith walks on.
So if you're carrying something this morning, you don't have to put it down to come in.
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Friends,
Jesus knew how the story would end, and he wept anyway. I wonder who taught us that faith means hurrying past the hard part. This week, let yourself be slow. Let someone sit with you.
With you in it, Lena
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