To my American church family: If we need grace to bear with each other through Covid-19, you can only imagine how much grace we need to bear with each other as we try, as one family, to lament and grieve Ahmaud Arbery’s murder. Lord give us mercy. We must pray fervently because the enemy would love to help us to despise one another for so many things right now. There is so much to be grieved. There is so much to be enraged about. It is unbearable. Lord help us to do that well, and better, as one body. For those of you I don't know, I'm grieving, lamenting, weeping, not sleeping, wailing, raging as a white mother of four children, one of whom is a black 12-year old boy. To the part of my church family who experienced such significant gut-wrenching trauma this week, I love you. I think I've only tasted such a small bit of the trauma still, and it is so utterly unbearable I can't breathe, sleep or stop crying. I pray God gives you spaces to lament and grieve safely
Amen. Thanks for the reminder, sister.
ReplyDeleteAmen, hallelujah! Love love love this. Thank you!
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DeleteThank you so much, Charity!!! Love love love!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful song Charity! Thank you for sharing this with us. - Joel
ReplyDeleteA sweet gift indeed. Thank you, Charity, for a pure and sweet voice expressing a pure and sweet truth about a God who has all we need.
ReplyDeleteI have all that I need. So simple, but so true. I will be whispering those words, in your singing voice, to myself all through this scary season. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAmen! Wonderful.
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