Singing happy songs to a heavy heart is cruel. Don’t tell grieving people that their pain is a gift or make them sing praise songs when they don’t want to. Don’t tell them that other people are suffering more than they are.
Maybe we need to celebrate that we’ve survived together for more than twenty years through some incredible circumstances… Illness will always be part of our story on this side of the veil, but we will continue to laugh together, walk together, and love one another until God calls us home.
It is in the cracks, the dark, the cold, and the lonely places that we find the hardest Thank You. When we pull gratitude into the light, sparks fly, breath shifts, and doors open to joy and celebration.
