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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Beta" data-source="post: 766325" data-attributes="member: 22597">You know, one thing that makes this whole thing more painful is the fact that few people in our circle ask about Josh and what the status is on him.  People at church who know about the situation don't ask.  Sometimes in our weekly Bible study group, I ask for prayer for Josh and mention the grief we feel.  Silence.  I get that they feel uncomfortable, but it makes it more painful because you feel isolated and walking through this alone (humanly speaking, of course. I know the Lord is with us in this). As someone once said, "Sometimes you just need someone with skin on when you're hurting." Do the rest of you find this to be true of people in your lives?  How do you deal with it?</blockquote>