A broken hearted king David learned from bitter experience. Do you remember how his son, longed-for son of his beloved beloved Bat Sheva felt desperately ill. The king was inconsolable, he refused to be comforted. And then when the baby died, the king realized what had happened and calmed and consoled himself. “While the child was still alive I fasted and wept, for I said who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me that child will live?” But once the boy was gone, he dried his tears and changed his morning clothes. “Can I bring him back?” he mused rhetorically. No he could not. He had to walk on and continue to live. - from 2 Samuel 12
Pain is universal and inevitable. We weep and we grow from our experiences.
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