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The Bible does not ask the grieving to be fine. A third of the psalms are laments, and Jesus wept at a grave He was about to open. This Path walks slowly. It begins with God near the broken, and ends with every tear wiped away.
This Path is part of the house. One year opens it, with every other Path.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Psalm 34:18BSB
The Words, in order
- Psalm 34:18Begin here: brokenness draws Him near rather than driving Him away.
- Matthew 5:4Permission to mourn, from Jesus Himself.
- Psalm 23:4The valley is walked through, not around. And He is with you in it.
- Psalm 42:11A lament that talks back to itself, with a small, stubborn yet.
- Lamentations 3:22–23Hope at the center of a book of tears.
- Psalm 147:3Not only near, but tending the wound.
- Matthew 11:28Rest for the weary and burdened.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3–4Comfort received becomes comfort given.
- Psalm 30:5Weeping stays the night. The night ends.
- John 11:25–26The resurrection is a person, and He asks whether you believe.
- Revelation 21:4Where the story ends: God Himself drying eyes.