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When You’re Called to a Ministry of Tears: An Incourage Post

July 28, 2015 By Alia Joy

(in)courage retreat

My friend lies broken in a hospital bed across oceans and continents set adrift by her loss. I’ve sent prayers into the heavens on days when the clouds hover, petitioning for miracles, the kind that pop up in two tiny pink lines and no more blood. The kind that come in flutters and heartbeats and lab test results delivered with a smile instead of a somber tone. The kind that pushes out with life and arches backs wide and straddles miracle and wonder and life.

But she’s left with why? It’s not an answer I have, it’s not an answer she knows.

I wish I could gather my strength like wings, weave hefty breaths under sinew and stretch my arms out and command a stop to the pain. I wish I could play God when He seems to have it wrong. Continue Reading over at (in)courage.

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  1. Bomi says

    July 30, 2015 at 7:40 am

    Bless you both.

    • Bomi says

      July 30, 2015 at 7:40 am

      Forgot to say ~ Thank you so much for sharing.

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INFJ and Enneagram 4w5…so it’s complicated. Wife and mom, coffee-dependent, grace saved, cynical idealist learning fluency in her native tongue, the language of hope. My pen is my weapon of choice to fight off the darkness when depression looms, it is my compass for navigating my messy mind, my even messier heart. Writing is my wilderness and my home. I write the reminders to find my way back to the heart of God. I write to feel God’s pleasure.

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