Today I found out that two of my friends, both adults, just lost their fathers.  My heart goes out to them. The grieving they feel. The changes they need to navigate. The emptiness in their lives and hearts.

Both friends share a common experience. A common grief.

But not a common outcome.

One is now an orphan. The other is not.

One is now without a father. The other still has a Father.

And this Father will never die.

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Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord is an everlasting rock.  Isaiah 26:4

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God  John 1:12