God’s love within you allows you to turn away from yourself and your suffering, finding strength in God’s presence with you. God’s love enables you to rise above your suffering, reaching out to others who can suffer with you and offer comfort to you.

A prayer for mercy based on Psalm 116:1-12.

A prayer for comfort, justice, and mercy based on John 14:25-26.

When we are hurting and in pain, we think we want answers. But what we really need is the reminder of God's nearness in the world around us.

I am convinced that our God still speaks today. Sometimes in whispers and sometimes in booms that shake and create and break. The whisper might be more comfortable, but the breaking cedar alters our very world.