so many deaths in this world

so many deaths in this world; you begin to wonder if its inevitable.

Inevitably, the answer is yes.

Of people you knew, through a friend, someone on the news, or someone whom you love. or used to, then. since they're gone.

Lord I only pray for hope, to continue to believe. In what? In the continuous power of Your grace, that You will heal the wounds. In the eternity of Your love, that it superceeds everything else. In the strength You had to bear the cross.

Down, but never broken. should we even be 'down'? what then is the peace that the world cannot give, nor take away? where then is the immeasurable happiness; only found in heaven? No, a piece of it is here, tho not the whole, for the world is not perfect. And it can be found within, not without. Not without grief, sadness over a betrayal, pity of another, helplessness of it all. But within the heart that continues to go on, in spite of it all. That's how we flex our muscles of the heart (or rather the heart, a muscle).