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Grief and Loss · Day 220

When the Heaviness Feels Like Forever

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
John 16:20 · BSB

In the first second after waking there can be a small, blank mercy, and then the weight settles back onto your chest before you've opened your eyes. On mornings like that, a quieter fear can follow it in. You start to wonder whether this is simply how life will feel from now on.

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