I've just been crying and crying, and it makes me angry that we live in a fallen world with death and sadness and tears. It's not what we were designed for... we are living under a curse. This weekend as we remember that "Christ is risen from the dead, trampling over death by death," it seems like a victory that's too good to be true. The sadness and brokenness in the world just feels so heavy at times. I ache for my friend. I hope that she senses the Lord walking with her through this, but even if the grief is too much right now, that doesn't change how Jesus conquered death and will wash away all tears.
A wise person once told me that really happy times and really sad times should both point us to heaven-- the first because we long for the really happy times to last forever, and that's a yearning for heaven. And the sad times point us there because we are crying out for healing and deliverance, and we won't fully experience that until we're with Jesus in heaven.
I don't want to include their names for privacy reasons, but please pray for my friend and her husband. And let's pray for Jesus to come back quickly and bring us a new earth without any suffering.