Scripture: Psalm 42
“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed…. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.”
— Elie Wiesel, Night
“We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ‘Blessed are they that mourn,’ and I accept it. I’ve got nothing that I hadn’t bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination.”
―C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
“I had a dream that I was waking at the burning edge of dawn
And all that rain had washed me clean, all the sorrow was gone
I had a dream that I was waking at the burning edge of dawn
And I could finally believe the King had loved me all along”
—Andrew Peterson, “The Dark Before the Dawn”
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