God of the broken-hearted,
God of the broken heart,
Receive our sighs
too deep for words.
In your time
by your grace
heal us.
In this meantime
hold us
as we weep.
Hold us and rock us
with the rhythm
of your own
grief-struck
quaking
body.
Amen
(I wrote this several months ago when I learned about the death of my friends’ six-year-old child. These are the words I pray today as I read of the shootings in Connecticut.)
Spacious Faith 
Beautiful, Joanna. I just shared this with my sister who just lost a dear friend. (I credited you.) As difficult as it is to lose a loved one, I think it is always more painful when it is the loss of a child.
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thanks for sharing this prayer … it’s beautiful. I’d like to use it as part of our worship this Sunday.
Mark, you are welcome to use the prayer. Blessings to you in your ministry.
Thank you for sharing this, I will be including it into the prayers on Christmas Eve services.
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