As I've been thinking about what to do for these girls and as people have been looking to me for guidance on what they can do, Matthew 5:4 has come to mind.
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."
Sometimes our comfort comes through words or cards or flowers. Other times it just comes through presence. Last night I watched the powerful presence of dozens of our youth leaders and church members coming to the viewing to hug these girls and share in their pain.
This mourning I saw the presence of two of our youth group students standing at the graveside service beside one of the girls. Dressed in their black clothes and holding her hands.
The image struck me as I saw the depth of their friendship and the presence they were in that moment for her.
It was an incredibly sad thing to watch these teens as their mother was laid in earth at such a young age. It has broken each of our hearts.
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