Laura at 3:00 p.m., if both, with trust in God’s grace, turn to God with a heartfelt prayer of petition, asking for the help they so much need; call to mind and meditate on the truths of faith, scriptural verses, and memories of God’s fidelity in the past that assure them of his help in this darkness as well; examine what they are feeling and how this got started, gaining new insight into the present heaviness; and rather than reach for the smartphone or remote control, make suitable gestures of penitential courage, breaking the discouraging descent into diversion?
