Decades together as husband and wife working out your differences and adapting to an ever-changing world. The highs. The lows. Financial issues. Raising kids. Taking care of the house. Jobs. Side-by-side you work through it all as a team. You learn how to have each other’s backs. Then after years of forging out a life together, your loved one is suddenly gone. The one you have spent your life with is taken from this world and you are left to fend for yourself. Balancing the checkbook. Cooking for one. Eating by yourself. Lonely nights. No one to pray with before you go to sleep. An empty space in the pew next to you at church. How does a person survive a blow like that and where is God in all of this? We have some widows in our congregation at this time. They have to deal with the issues I just mentioned and more, and they need our support. In answer to the question, “Where is God?” He is where He always is; right where we need Him, offering His everlasting love. His comfort is here as is the guidance of His holy Word. “This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me.” Psalm 119:50. His ear is continually hearing our prayers. Here is a bigger question. Where is the church? Widows/widowers are we here for you? Are we doing all we can to help you through this cloudy time in your life? Because if we are not, we want to change that. Perhaps we need to develop a time and space for you to interact and share what you are dealing with and what is working and what is not. Perhaps a special class or support group would be helpful. I was once part of a congregation that held an annual Widows and Widowers Banquet. We could do something like that. Talk to us, widows. Let us know what your needs are. We are your family, and we care.