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Grieving
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Here’s a post by Rachel Held Evans about the shootings in Connecticut today.
From the post:
So let’s grieve together. And let’s give one another the space to be shocked, to be pissed, to appeal to God, to be angry with God, to find peace in God, to question God, to want to take action, to want to wait, to blame, to pray, to be afraid, to be speechless, to vent, to lament, to speak up, to be silent, to pull our families close to us, to need some time alone.
Let’s not tell each other how to grieve. Let’s just grieve.
Amen Rachel.
Category: General
Tags: Current Events, Evil, Grief, Newtown
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