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
Good to see your beautiful face, Miss Patricia and to hear you speak His word.
ReplyDeleteAmen! Thank you, Ms. Patricia! His Word is so encouraging! :)
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DeleteThank you so much, Miss Patricia! I love and miss you so - so thankful to and for you!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Miss Patricia, for pointing us to God's word and for your words of encouragement and your prayers. Our family misses seeing you on Sunday.
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