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    Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
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    Hebrews 10:32, Lamentations 3:21-23, Romans 15:4, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Psalm 77:11
    “No, don’t! Don’t dig up the past! Dwell on the past and you’ll lose an eye.” But the proverb goes on to say: “forget the past and you’ll lose both eyes.”

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    Most holy God, we continuously lose

    Author
    C. Hassell Bullock
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    Ephesians 2:8-9, Lamentations 3:22-23, John 1:14, Isaiah 53:5, Psalm 46:10
    Most holy God, we continuously lose sight of your sovereign rule over our world and in our lives, and our failing vision obscures every aspect of our lives. So we come to you for grace. Forgive us for...

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    Dick Ryan
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    Hebrews 4:16, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Lamentations 3:22-23, Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 147:3, James 4:10
    Healing begins when, in the face of our own darkness, we recognize our helplessness and surrender our need for control… we face what is, and we ask for mercy.

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    Pearl S. Buck
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    Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:22-23, Romans 15:13, John 6:51, Jeremiah 17:7-8, Psalm 146:5
    To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

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    Jennie Allen
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    Hebrews 11:1, Romans 15:13, Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 5:3-5, Lamentations 3:21-23
    Doubt steals hope. And with no hope, everything that matters doesn’t feel as important anymore.

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    J. R. R. Tolkein
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    Jeremiah 29:11, Lamentations 3:21-23, 1 Peter 1:3-4, Psalm 27:13-14, Isaiah 40:31
    It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. (Spoken by Galadriel)

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    The Silence of God

    Author
    Shusaku Endo
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    Scripture
    Psalm 22:1, Psalm 42:3, Habakkuk 1:2, Isaiah 45:15, Job 30:20, Lamentations 3:28-30
    In the deeply moving novel Silence by Shusaku Endo, the protagonist, a young Jesuit priest named Sebastião Rodrigues describes in horror what it is like to watch two of his disciples, Japanese nationa...

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    Tertullian
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    Matthew 5:14-16, Romans 8:24-25, Hebrews 10:23, Psalm 27:13-14, Lamentations 3:25-26
    Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

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    Fredrick Langbridge
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    2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Hebrews 11:1, Isaiah 40:31, Romans 5:3-5, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 42:11, Philippians 4:8
    Because of this we have hope: Two men look out through the same bars One sees mud, one sees stars.

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    Julian of Norwich
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    Lamentations 3:22-23, Zephaniah 3:17, Isaiah 54:10, Ephesians 3:17-19, Psalm 103:11
    Some of us believe that God is almighty and can do everything; and that he is all-wise and may do everything; but that he is all-love and will do everything—there we draw back. As I see it, this ignor...

  • liturgy

    Almighty God, you have surprised us

    Author
    Scott B. Bullock
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    Isaiah 55:8-9, Matthew 13:44, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 139:7-10, 1 John 1:9, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Luke 2:1-20, John 4:7-26, John 21:1-14, Luke 24:13-35, Matthew 17:1-8, Luke 2:25-38, Luke 1:35-38, Hebrews 13:2, Isaiah 43:19
    Almighty God, you have surprised us with your presence in unexpected ways. In the expectations of our routine, we have missed the treasure that you place before us. We come to worship you in community...

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    Waiting: Leaning into the Pain

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    Ashley Hales
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    Exodus 16:2–4, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:25–26, Matthew 4:2–4, Romans 8:24–25, Psalm 130:5–6
    With the global coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020, life stopped. Overwhelmed by the threat of a disease we couldn’t stop and for which we didn’t have the hospital capacity, everyone moved work and s...

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    Heavenly father, your faithfulness and

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    Austin D. Hill
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    Psalm 136:1-36, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 103:1-5, James 1:7
    Heavenly father, your faithfulness and love endure forever, yet our gratitude fades on a daily basis. For your blessings that we see and fail to acknowledge, please forgive us. For your blessings that...

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    Charles Wesley
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    Psalm 86:5, Isaiah 55:7, Lamentations 3:22-23, Ephesians 2:4-5, 1 Timothy 1:15-16, Micah 7:18
    Depth of mercy! Can there be Mercy still reserved for me?

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    Praising Slowness

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    John Mark Comer
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    Psalm 37:7, Proverbs 19:2, Lamentations 3:25-26, 2 Peter 3:9, James 5:7-8, Ecclesiastes 3:1
    In our culture slow is a pejorative. When somebody has a low IQ, we dub him or her slow. When the service at a restaurant is lousy, we call it slow. When a movie is boring, again, we complain that it’...

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    Henri J. M. Nouwen
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    Psalm 25:5, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:25-26, James 1:2-4, Matthew 11:15, Romans 5:3-5, Isaiah 30:18
    Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.

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    Rainer Maria Rilke
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    Psalm 23:4, Philippians 3:13-14, Lamentations 3:22-23, Isaiah 43:2, 2 Corinthians 4:16-17, Psalm 30:5, Romans 5:3-5
    Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

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    Stanley Kunitz
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    Romans 5:3-4, Lamentations 3:31-32, Psalm 73:26, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Philippians 4:6-7, Matthew 11:28-30, Isaiah 61:3
    How shall my heart be reconciled to its feast of losses?

  • Quote

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    Lewis B. Smedes
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    Hebrews 10:36, Habakkuk 2:3, Psalm 37:7, James 5:7-8, Lamentations 3:25-26
    Waiting is the hardest work of hope.

  • Quote

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    Mal McKissock and Dianne McKissock
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    Scripture
    Lamentations 3:22-23, John 14:27, Revelation 21:4, Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 147:3
    One of the greatest needs of all bereaved people is to have access to someone who will take a risk and be involved—someone who is not afraid of intense feelings, but who will encourage their expressio...

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    David Dickson
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    Psalm 103:11-12, Lamentations 3:22-23, Ephesians 2:4-5, Psalm 36:5-6, Romans 5:20-21, Isaiah 55:7-9, Micah 7:18-19
    Our mind cannot find a comparison too large for expressing the superabundant mercy of the Lord toward his people.

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    Gayle Somers
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    Isaiah 55:8-9, Ephesians 3:20-21, Romans 5:8, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 103:10-12
    All the cards in the deck of revelation about God’s mercy and kindness are stacked in favor of the unthinkable.

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    Robert Ingersoll
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    Psalm 33:18, Jeremiah 17:7-8, 1 Peter 1:3, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:22-23
    Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

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    Thomas Fuller
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    Deuteronomy 6:12, Psalm 77:11, Ecclesiastes 12:1, Lamentations 3:21-23, Psalm 103:2
    Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.

  • liturgy

    Almighty God, we have failed to trust

    Author
    Laura B. Murray
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    Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 46:1, Isaiah 41:10, Lamentations 3:22-23, Philippians 4:6-7, Romans 8:28
    Almighty God, we have failed to trust you. Overwhelmed by the pains of life, we have taken charge and pushed you aside. O God, be gracious to us. Remind us of your daily mercies and redemptive power t...

  • Quote

    Author
    Wendell Berry
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    Psalm 71:5-6, Isaiah 40:29-31, Romans 15:13, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Lamentations 3:22-23
    Having hope is hard; harder when you get older.

  • Quote

    Author
    William Stringfellow
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    Scripture
    Luke 23:39-43, Romans 4:18-21, Luke 15:11-32, Lamentations 3:22-24, Romans 8:24-25
    Hope is reliance upon grace in the face of death: the issue is that of receiving life as a gift, not as a reward and not as a punishment; hope is living constantly, patiently, expectantly, resiliently...

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    Author
    Hal Lindsay
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    Psalm 42:11, Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 5:3-5, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:22-23
    Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope.

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    Author
    George Herbert
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    Hosea 14:7, Jeremiah 31:25, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 23:3, Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 51:10, Ezekiel 36:26
    Who would have thought my shrivel’d heart Could have recovered greenness?

  • liturgy

    Loving God, you show us grace and

    Author
    Chip Hardwick
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    Micah 6:8, Hebrews 12:28, Ephesians 2:4-5, Colossians 3:13, Lamentations 3:22-23, Luke 15:11-32, Jonah 3:1-10
    Loving God, you show us grace and mercy, again and again and again. You shower gifts on us that we could never earn, and you are slow to punish us when we most deserve it. All too often, we forget to ...
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