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Grief & comfort
Hymns for Grief and Comfort — Lyrics for Hard Seasons
Grief does not need cheerful music; it needs true music. Every hymn below was written out of real loss, and each has carried believers through nights they thought they would not survive.
6 hymns for grief & comfort
- 01It Is Well With My SoulSDA Hymnal #530
Written in the very place his daughters drowned. The honest hymn of grief that still trusts.
Read the full lyrics → - 02What a Friend We Have in JesusSDA Hymnal #499
Permission to take every burden — not only the tidy ones — to God in prayer.
Read the full lyrics → - 03Abide With MeSDA Hymnal #50
For the hours when the darkness deepens and comforts flee.
Read the full lyrics → - 04Great Is Thy FaithfulnessSDA Hymnal #100
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow — one day at a time.
Read the full lyrics → - 05Rock of AgesSDA Hymnal #300
A place to hide when you have no strength left to offer.
Read the full lyrics → - 06Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is CallingSDA Hymnal #289
A tender call home for the weary.
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How to choose well
- Read the words slowly before you sing them — most of these hymns are prayers first.
- For sleepless nights, our 24/7 broadcast plays these hymns continuously so the room is never silent.
- Sharing a hymn with someone grieving often says more than a message can.
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