Different, but the Same
We’re just beginning to care for the Stephenson family, and will continue to grieve with hope. But God encouraged our hearts that Sunday in ways I find difficult to describe. It was a work only his Spirit could accomplish.
And yet as much as the circumstances of this past week impacted our Sunday plan, in many ways we did what we always do. We sang songs, prayed prayers and heard a message from God’s Word that displayed our sin, God’s mercy through the cross, Christ’s compassion, the sovereignty and wisdom of God, and the reality of heaven and hell. I’m grateful we didn’t need to teach unfamiliar doctrines or develop a new vocabulary to comfort people in their grief and point them to the glorious hope we have in Christ.
It’s a hope that sustains and strengthens us, even in our darkest hours.
