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• 2 Corinthians 1:2-5

• Grief over the death of a spouse is not basically different than grief over divorce.
• Illustration: Wives whose husbands went on sea duty for months went through the same loss characteristics as those whose husbands die.

• Illustration: Bayly viewed the death of his 18-year-old son as absurd.
• In time of loss, it is faith, not reason that will support us.
• Illustration: Bayly shares his "Psalm on the Death of an 18-year-old Son."
• Illustration: The death of Bayly's four-year-old son to leukemia made no sense and could only be survived by trusting Christ.

• Illustration: Lorraine Blazebrook cleaned up the Bayly's kitchen every night during their son's illness.
• A Christian pediatric neurosurgeon moved close to Children's Hospital so they could offer hospitality to the parents of children in surgery.

• God is big enough to handle our frustration and expressions of grief.
• Illustration: Elisabeth Elliot wrote to the Baylys to encourage them in their suffering.
• Illustration: Bayly shares a psalm he wrote likening his life to a packing box.
• The message of the gospel is that Jesus bears our grief and carries our sorrows.

• Illustration: After losing three sons, another was born with the same condition, and Bayly wrote a psalm expressing his fears and hopes.