A YEAR WITHOUT, BUT NEVER APART

๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜“๐˜บ๐˜ป ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข

In a few days, it will be my dadโ€™s first death anniversary. A full year has passed, yet it still feels like yesterday.

There are still days I ask God why. Why it happened, why it had to be this way, why He feels so quiet sometimes.

I still catch myself remembering his laugh at random times or hearing his voice when I need guidance. Sometimes that memory hurts, but lately it has begun to comfort me too.

I do not always feel God the way I used to. Some days it is hard to pray or believe that healing is still happening. Yet even then, God never leaves me.

Godโ€™s love is relentless through all these.

Job once said, โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ; ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘.โ€ (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ 1:21).

I used to wonder how someone could say that in grief.

But like Job, a different kind of faith is growing from my loss right now. A faith that is not without pain or fear. It is the courage to trust through it.

So tonight, as candles flicker, let us whisper this prayer to all our dearly beloved:

โ€œ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘, ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ข๐‘ . (๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™) ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’. ๐ต๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’.โ€

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Published: November 1, 2025