Read Genesis 37:34-35 – Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “in mourning will I go down to the grave to my son.” So his father wept for him.
Nothing is as painful as the loss of a child. When Jacob received news of his son’s death, it was as though he also lost his life. In this story, Joseph is actually kidnapped and will eventually be reunited with family, but for Jacob in this moment, he has lost a son. The weight and pain of such a tragedy is beyond comprehension. It just never seems right for a child to die before his parents. For the parent who has lost a child, we mourn with you and for you today. May the God of all comfort, comfort you!
– David Raley serves as the Field Representative for Light for the Lost.
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