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Friday, May 23, 2008

A Word of Advice

By now you have heard that Steve Curtis Chapman's adopted five year old daughter was killed tragically in an accident when her older brother, not knowing she was behind the vehicle, drove over her.

Here is my advice, and I give it to those of you who have heard of this tragedy, who have felt an empathetic sickness in your stomach because of how horrible it is to imagine such an awful thing, -- and have pushed it out of mind.

Good gravy, don't suppress that sort of ache, God gave you something of himself when he made you able to feel - don't swallow that down just because it isn't pleasant. But get alone somewhere and weep for this family, weep and pray. Mourn with those who mourn, if you are able.

Labels: Grief

posted by Daniel @ 4:36 PM

1 Comments:

At 7:27 PM, May 23, 2008, jen said…

I know exactly what you're talking about -- the ache in the stomach. I wept about this for some time when I found out, and my prayers are with them. I have teenage sons and I am sure that their son needs comforting in the worst way. And his family seems just that close knit. I'm sure they are leaning on God and each other heavily right now.