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Unbearable mornings...

Grief has a way of making the nights feel long and the mornings unbearably heavy. Mornings were the hardest after Joe died. For a brief moment, sleep gave me respite from the pain. But every morning when I opened my eyes, the grief was waiting—sudden, jarring, overwhelming. It took weeks before my heart could even begin to accept that he wasn’t coming back.

There’s a unique ache that mornings carry for those in grief. The quiet of dawn often brings with it the sharpest reminders of what is missing. The bed feels too big. The coffee pot seems too empty. The routines once shared are now painfully silent. It is in those first moments of the day that loss can feel the loudest.

But alongside the ache was something else—something I didn’t always notice right away: God’s mercies. Lamentations 3:22–23 tells us, “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” At first, it felt almost impossible to believe that mercy could meet me in my sorrow. Yet day after day, I began to see how God’s faithfulness was woven into the smallest of moments.

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Unexpected mercies...

I saw it in strangers—the DMV clerk and the banker who paused their busy schedules to listen as tears rolled down my face. In those simple acts of patience and compassion, I felt the Lord reminding me that the world could stop for a moment while my heart caught its breath.

I saw it in friends who refused to let me walk this road alone. They didn’t come with easy answers or polished words, but with presence. Their phone calls, meals, and invitations to step out into life again were tangible expressions of God’s mercy. One friend quietly hired a landscaper to care for our yard, something Joe had taken such pride in every spring. Another made sure I always had food when I couldn’t bring myself to cook. These were mercies I didn’t ask for, but desperately needed.

God’s mercy showed up in my grief counselor, too. She didn’t rush me past my sorrow but gave me space to sit in it. By listening and reflecting, she helped me discover truths that were buried beneath the weight of grief. Slowly, that process brought healing to wounds I didn’t know how to name on my own.

And then there was joy—a mercy I never expected to find so soon. Joy slipped in through the back door of memory: a card from Joe, a photo of us laughing, a story someone shared about how he had touched their life. These reminders of his love and care carried with them a sweetness that pointed me back to God’s goodness. Remembering that Joe was no longer suffering but fully alive in Christ filled me with a joy that grief could not steal.

Joy in the mourning...

I began to realize that joy is a precursor to healing. It didn’t erase the sorrow, but it sat alongside it. It reminded me that the sorrow I felt was the cost of love, and that God could hold both my sorrow and my joy at the same time. That, too, was His mercy.

If you are walking through grief right now, I want you to know that God’s mercies are present for you, too. They may not look like grand miracles. More often, they arrive in quiet ways—in the kindness of a stranger, the presence of a friend, or the comfort of a memory that makes you smile through tears.

Grief often feels unbearable, but God’s mercies are stronger and will outlast the pain with undeniable joy, often found in the small things. No matter what yesterday held, today He meets us with fresh strength. 🌅

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