Love them like Jesus...

I've got a few other post ideas stored up for the day when I'm not grading until my eyes bleed, but until then I wanted to share the lyrics to this song I re-stumbled upon on my iPod today. I've been more than saddened and frustrated as people have tried to "fix" me in the last six months, but I've also really struggled to articulate what it is I want them to do. I know very much how difficult it is to watch someone you love suffer. I know that it would be so much easier if her pain were gone because then we wouldn't struggle so much to understand why or try to help. I know sadness is wearying. This song seems to best portray the struggle from the observer's point of view and the griever's. It is my prayer that you feel the same comfort I felt in hearing it as you read it. I know for many of you I have looked at you with the look described, with darkness clouding my view and desperate for hope. I also know that many of you have offered this very service that the song suggests--you have loved me like Jesus. Thank you for that, thank you for those moments. It is my prayer that I offer this same love to others as they grieve and suffer.

Love Them Like Jesus
By Casting Crowns

The love of her life is drifting away
They’re losing the fight for another day
The life that she’s known is falling apart
A fatherless home, a child’s broken heart

You’re holding her hand, you’re straining for words
You’re trying to make sense of it all
She's desperate for hope, darkness clouding her view
She's looking to you

Just love her like Jesus, carry her to Him
His yoke is easy, His burden is light
You don’t need the answers to all of life’s questions
Just know that He loves her and stay by her side
Love her like Jesus
Love her like Jesus

The gifts lie in wait, in a room painted blue
Little blessing from Heaven would be there soon
Hope fades in the night, blue skies turn to grey
As the little one slips away

You’re holding their hand, you’re straining for words
You’re trying to make sense of it all
They’re desperate for hope, darkness clouding their view
They’re looking to you

Just love them like Jesus, carry them to Him
His yoke is easy, His burden is light
You don’t need the answers to all of life’s questions
Just know that He loves them and stay by their side
Love them like Jesus

Lord of all creation holds our lives in His hands
The God of all the nations holds our lives in His hands
The Rock of our salvation holds our lives in His hands
He cares for them just as He cares for you

So love them like Jesus, love them like Jesus
You don’t need the answers to all of life’s questions
Just know that He loves them and stay by their side
Love them like Jesus
Love them like Jesus