Every human saga is marred by at least one tragedy. When hope flags and faith falters in the throes of tragedy, love shines the brightest and lasts through it all. Love initiates recovery because he is willing to bear the loss with the grief-stricken. Love sustains the broken-hearted with the food of comfort and the solace of a helping hand. Love is patient and persistent in prayer and provision. In feast or famine, love is the steadfast friend of the mournful, as well as, the celebrant. Whether man obtains the riches of the earth or is one of the impoverished, he is often heard to say, “Is this all there is?” Love knows there is more and invites rich and poor alike to find their consolation in the Divine Caretaker. There is no high to which you may rise that love will not accompany you nor is there any low that love will not descend to attend to you; for love abides with all people, in all circumstances. Love chooses to suffer alongside, and even instead of, his beloved. Think about it.

Our bodies are affected by sin, not only our own sinfulness, but also the sinfulness of our fellow man. Disease, infirmities, aging and death are part of every human's life. Yet God has provided for "those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1). He has given us of His Spirit. As His children, we no longer live in slavery to the fear of death, but we are "waiting eagerly" (Romans 8:23) for the fulfillment of the Spirit's purpose for indwelling us--the redemption and resurrection of our "mortal bodies." No matter what tragedy may happen to us physically, we are alive with hope, for our Redeemer lives. And, because He lives, we, His children, shall also live. Selah.

Every human saga is marred by at least one tragedy. When hope flags and faith falters in the throes of tragedy, love shines the brightest and lasts through it all. Love initiates recovery because he is willing to bear the loss with the grief-stricken. Love sustains the broken-hearted with the food of comfort and the solace of a helping hand. Love is patient and persistent in prayer and provision. In feast or famine, love is the steadfast friend of the mournful, as well as, the celebrant. Whether man obtains the riches of the earth or is one of the impoverished, he is often heard to say, “Is this all there is?” Love knows there is more and invites rich and poor alike to find their consolation in the Divine Caretaker. There is no high to which you may rise that love will not accompany you nor is there any low that love will not descend to attend to you; for love abides with all people, in all circumstances. Love chooses to suffer alongside, and even instead of, his beloved. Selah.