Oct 21 2026 …  Grace In Grief 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …     and PLEASE take the time to listen to The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir singing … My Help … declaring that our help, as Christians in time of trial, comes from The Lord.

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Highlight Passage: … John 1:22 [NLT]

…   22 In all this, Job did not sin by blaming God.

… Despite all the grief and loss endured by Job, he did not charge God with the wrong that had befallen him.     

Reference Passage: …  Job 1:13-22  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  In spite of all the pain and loss Job endured, he did not blame God.

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Reference Passage: …  Psalm 34:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  King David declares in song that God is always close to those whose spirit is crushed.

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 5:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus, in His Sermon on the Mount, blesses those who mourn, declaring that they will be confronted by God’s Spirit.  

Reference Passage: …  Romans 8:28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Paul teaches ALL THINGS in the life of born-again Christians is for their (our) good and God’s glory.

Reference Passage: 2Corinthians 1:3-4  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches all Christians that God is the source of all comfort in times of trial or grief.

Reference Passage:  Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches fellow Christians to take all their (our) cares and troubles to God in prayer so as to experience God’s peace.

Reference Passage: …  1Peter 5:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter calls for persecuted Christians to take all their cares and troubles to a God who cares for them (us).

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Nancy Gavilanes …  USE THIS LINK   ... related the true story of a family perishing, along with the pilot of a sight-seeing helicopter, as the copter fell apart and  plummeted into the Hudson River last year.  And the brother of the family, at their memorial service, … wracked with grief, … said, ”They left together.”

There’s little, other than grief, left in situations like that described in the ODB entry today; and in the life of someone like Job who had to deal with devastating loss and pain.  But as we hear from the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and in God’s word shared above, in times of trial and grief, God is ALWAYS there to provide comfort and peace for those who believe in and rely upon The Lord.    I’m one of those believers; and as the Brooklyn Tab sings, ”My help comes from The Lord.”   Are you with me?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You for being my help in times of trial or grief.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for Your comfort in our times of loss or grief. …  Amen

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