evidence: There’s a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote that circulates periodically, "Sorrow looks back. Worry looks around. Faith looks up." Surprisingly this quote was recently featured on a church sign, a picture of which was widely circulated on social media. I say surprisingly partially because of the quote itself, and partially because of Emerson’s denial of the deity of Christ, rejection of Christianity, and role in the rise of transcendentalism (for more on this read here). [...] Ralph Waldo Emerson is also quoted as saying "what lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." When one is shrouded in sorrow following deep loss, particularly the loss of a child, what lies within us is shattered and what lies before us is anything but a tiny matter. The prospects of the remainder of our earthly lives without our precious children is daunting. [...] The future will invariably continue to hold sorrow, but it is also the future that holds our Hope. As followers of Jesus Christ we are to "fix our Hope completely on the grace to be brought to us at the revelation of Jesus Christ." What lies before us is no tiny matter, it is the greatest of matters.