Our pain holder
He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. (Isaiah 53:4)
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1982. In the first 15 years, 54,000 items wer left at the Wall. It still takes almost an hour every night, and much longer on Memorial Day, to collect the mementos --- a teddy bear, a photo of a soldier's grandchild, a letter from a daugther who never knew her dad. . . . "No one ever expected this to happen," a park ranger says. "It's so personal. It caught everyone by surprise."
Loss comes to us all, and we often. . .struggle with our emotions. . . . There is help and healing and closure at the cross for the deepest pain of our hearts.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1982. In the first 15 years, 54,000 items wer left at the Wall. It still takes almost an hour every night, and much longer on Memorial Day, to collect the mementos --- a teddy bear, a photo of a soldier's grandchild, a letter from a daugther who never knew her dad. . . . "No one ever expected this to happen," a park ranger says. "It's so personal. It caught everyone by surprise."
Loss comes to us all, and we often. . .struggle with our emotions. . . . There is help and healing and closure at the cross for the deepest pain of our hearts.
posted by Vic.T.Hetrot at
12:42 AM
1 Comments:
Awww... What a sad reminder. But essential one of course.
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