A Blessing Amidst Life’s Losses

May the consolation

Of the Holy Spirit

Fill you so deeply today

That you experience Jesus’ promised blessing:

“Blessed are those that mourn,

For they shall be comforted.”  (Matt. 5:4)

May you recognize and reject

The false prophecies of

Jeremiah’s foes who

“Have healed the wound

Of God’s people lightly,

Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’

When there is no peace.” (Jer. 6:14)

Those who refuse

To face life’s losses

And pretend to have no grief

Forfeit the sweet gift

Of the Spirit’s comfort

That comes uniquely

To those who mourn.

But not so with you,

Child of God.

I bless you to be brave—

To dare to walk through problems

Rather than around them—

Knowing that God walks

With you.

There is a blessing for those

Who mourn—

A gift awaits those who weep