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Sometimes the Bible can speak to us in ways other words cannot...

King David's son dies...
2 Samuel 12
21 His servants asked him, "Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!"

22 He answered, "while the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.'

23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me."

Job 14:5
Man's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.

Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved; for you are the one I praise.

Psalm 107:6
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

Matthew 11
28 Come to me, all you have are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Isaiah 40:31
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Romans 6:5 speaks on our reunion with Jesus in heaven
If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly be united with him in his resurrection.

Job 7:4
When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?'

Job 16:16
My face is red with weeping, deep shadows ring my eyes

Job 17:11
My days have passed, my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.

Job 30:8
I cry out to you, O' God, but you do not answer

Job 30:27
The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me

Psalm 22:1
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.

Psalm 31:9
Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief.

Psalm 143
3 The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
4 So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.

Matthew 27:46
..."My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

A reader stopped by and requested that I include three verses that helped her during her miscarriage. I hope they help you, too.

Lamentations 3:22-23
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:32-33
Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men.

John 6:63
The Spirit gives life: the flesh counts for nothing.

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