A Severe mercy
A Painful grace
The Valley of shadow
Time can’t erase.
Powers/principalities
Things present/things to come
Sudden suffering
Job struck dumb.
Ignorance and arrogance
Short-sighted souls
Offering a solace
That leaves us quite cold.
Height/depth
Death/life
Bliss/joy
Endless strife?
Razed/raised
Life beyond death
Out of it’s reach
Inhale His breath.
‘God’s ways are not our ways,
Our eyes cannot see
The logic of life From eternity.’
‘God’s ways are not our ways,
Our hearts can’t see
The logic of love Nailed to a tree.’
‘Into Thy hands, I commend her spirit,
‘Today she is with….
Why should we fear it?’
Paradise lost Paradise regained
No more suffering
No more pain.
— Ben Witherington reflecting on the death of his Daughter. Good Grief: Soundings, Part Six – The Ante-Chamber to Eternity « The Bible and Culture
