DAILY READINGS: Numbers 16:1-40; Proverbs 13; 1 Peter 5
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Ecclesiastes 7:3
There is no sorrow like those who have lost an elderly, loving spouse. But the Lord assures us that such sorrow imparts spiritual qualities to our heart. Our hearts are made better toward God, toward saints and toward the lost souls about us. In God’s school of sorrow we learn how to better comfort those who are mourning the loss of their loving spouse. Submission to the divine work of sorrow promises to make our hearts better. —R. D. Merrells
Does Jesus care when I’ve said good-by to the dearest on earth to me,
O yes, He cares, I know He cares, His heart is touched with my grief;
When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,
I know my Saviour cares. —Frank E. Graeff