Apparently the Lord continues my reflections from Psalm 30 this week.  The following email is from a grieving CrossPointer.  She’s come a long way since her husband died suddenly and without warning last winter.  I found her email to be so compelling I asked her permission to reprint it: Ryan, it was good to see …

So, how would you respond?  You receive word that you have lost your children, and all your worldly possessions.  Your body reeks with sores (Job 2).  How would you respond? This is how Job responded: 20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 …

Funerals are delicate situations.    Most of us do not know what to say when we visit the funeral home.  For some, the funeral home setting is excruciatingly difficult.  Additionally, the circumstance is fragile due to the grief.  And, to cover up our ignorance, or maybe even to expose it, we make some of the strangest …