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Lord, the news is heavy, and I cannot fix any of it. I bring that helplessness to you honestly, because I do not want to pretend, and I do not want to go numb. God, it hurts to carry this. I want to stay present and keep caring without being flattened by it. Keep my heart soft and awake, and give me enough strength to feel what is real without drowning in it. Thank you that Jesus knows what sorrow is, and that I am not alone in mine. Stay close to me in the heaviness. Your word says in Matthew 26:38, “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.” Lord Jesus, you know sorrow from the inside. Stay with me in mine, and keep my heart awake and not numb. Lord, so much of this is beyond my control, and I feel how small my hands are. Teach me to tell the difference between what is mine to do and what I must place in your care. Give me steadiness where I cannot change things. Let rest come where I have been gripping hard. I trust you to hold what I cannot, and I hope in the day when you will wipe away every tear. And in Revelation 21:4 your word says, “he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more”. God, hold this hope over every heavy thing in the news, and steady me in what I cannot fix. Thank you for hearing me, Lord. Hold my tenderness and my weariness together, and keep me present, steady, and honest before you. In Jesus’ name, amen.
