“Be strong! Do not be afraid. Here is your God…”
— Isaiah 35:4
I won’t go into why we decided to live at the Town House or why we continue to stay here (probably “for the duration”). I just want to note that over the past 37 years or so, we have been witnesses to countless people at their moments of greatest discomfort. It comes with living next to a funeral home and a courthouse. These incidents are not uncommon, but one never really gets used to seeing others in abject sorrow or extreme turmoil. Fits of temper. Wails of grief. Explosions of anger. Awkward outpourings of affection. All I ever can do is say a prayer.
~ Lord have mercy on those in the midst of great loss or distress. May they know that You are always with them in the worst of their emotional pain. May the mercy of the Father, the love of the Son, and the comfort of the Spirit be with them. Amen.