Tuesday’s Reflection
WHAT IS THE GIFT of sorrow? It is so natural to want to come up with a positive side to sorrow. “God must have wanted me to learn [fill in the blank].” I think that the gift of sorrow is the same gift that we receive during Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. The gift of sorrow is God’s loving and compassionate presence with us—in whatever we are experiencing. God in Christ walked through the human experience of suffering. And God cradles us in our tears, our hopelessness, our grief, and our sorrow.
- Beth Richardson
Alive Now, March/April 2011
“From the Editor,” by Beth A. Richardson, page 4 of Alive Now, March/April 2011. Copyright © 2011 by The Upper Room. All rights reserved. Used by permission. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Tuesday’s Question
Have you ever thought of sorrow as a gift? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
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