This Is Hard

“Jesus, this is hard,” I told the Lord as tears meandered to the corners of my eyes.

His answer was immediate.

And simple.

And with love beyond measure.

“I know,” I heard the Lord speak gently deep into my heart.

I have carried a sorrow indescribable in my heart for decades, and though it waxed and waned it times, it never left.

And now, as I spoke quietly to the Lord in my heart, though I was peaceful as I had not been for much of the past, the sorrow had burrowed its way deeper given the lates...