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Time for some honesty.  Time for some reflecting on...well, time.  I am currently standing on the sidelines watching a family endure the most agonizing thing imaginable - the loss of a child. 17 years old. Vibrant. Healthy. Beautiful. A heart for Jesus that I envy.  My heart aches for them daily. I wake in the middle of the night with the Spirit's nudge to pray for them. The first day I heard of the accident, my prayer was for the Lord to literally help them breathe under the suffocating weight of grief that had hit them out of nowhere. I continue to pray because there's nothing else I know to do right now. Time will ease their pain, but not free them from the ache they will feel forever.  I've thought some about my own family's journey with grief and how time both helps and hinders the healing process.   I don't for one second compare divorce to the unspeakable pain of losing a child, and I want to be very clear on that. That is a category of g