perhaps the hardest gift
that which we can offer
merely our presence
not doing something
giving them the space they
need
to sit with them in silence
offering them presence
a loving touch, listening,
to those who are hurting,
those who are lost in the
dark
to sit in silence, waiting
with them,
to offer them presence
so they are not alone;
left in that dark
on their own.
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edited February 14, 2015
sit in silence – v3
(merging edits to original and version 2)
edited February 9, 2015
sit in silence – v2
February 6, 2015
sit in silence
January
26, 2015 to February 1, 2015
“+suicide
Devozine
for January and February 2015
&
Suicide
Weekend
devotion “Surviving”
devotion by Sarah Arthur
devotion for January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2015
read February 1, 2015
&
Deuteronomy
31:6b (NIV)
devotion “Mourning”
devotion by Gabriel Bland
devotion for January 30, 2015
read February 1, 2015
&
Romans 8:37
(NRSV)
devotion “Choose Life”
devotion by Danika Cooley
devotion for January 29, 2015
read February 1, 2015
&
Galatians 6:2a
(NRSV)
devotion “Being a Friend”
devotion by Sierra Klotz
devotion for January 28, 2015
read February 1, 2015
&
Psalm 40:1-3
(CEV)
devotion “Out of the Pit”
devotion by Kaitlin Anderson
devotion for January 27, 2015
read February 1, 2015
&
Jeremiah 29:11
(NIV)
devotion “Big Plans”
devotion by Anonymous (16 year old girl)
devotion for January 26, 2015
read February 1, 2015
&
Youth Group
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
February 1, 2015
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