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“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18, NIV).

My family has some friends who are hurting beyond what words can describe. It’s the kind of thing you wish you could reach in and take the pain away for them or have just the right words that would reach this wound that has penetrated their minds, body, heart, and soul. But sometimes there is nothing humanly possible that can be done for a grief so real and a burden so great.

The only thing I know to do is pray. In reality, I have to ask you to forgive me for even saying it so flippantly. Why...