In the Night
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."
Psalm 46:1
Lucy is one of my husband’s favorite relatives. She is a gentle person. Exactly
the kind of mother, grandmother, aunt, or neighbor you would want. Her hair is
white and curled, and patted down to cover the balding thinness. She walks bent
over from the great hump on her back from osteoporosis.
Lucy always has a ready and listening ear. She always has something kind and
encouraging to say. You just feel better being around her.
She stays busy with friends and family, but lives alone. Her husband and best
friend of 45 years, died. I asked her, "How are you really doing?" She paused,
then said, "It's hardest in the night. Everything is worse at night."
Lucy's peaceful and pleasant demeanor covers her real feelings of ongoing
loneliness and anxiety. In the book of Samuel, in the Bible, it says we look at
what we can see, but God looks at the heart.
Sometimes we look all "together" when really we are in our "night." God alone
sees into our deepest heart of hearts. He knows what is written there.
He is always about the business of comforting us. He actually provides us with
His very presence. That word of hope is real good news.
Especially in the night.
Sally I. Kennedy
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