ldquo I measure every Grief I meet rdquo the nineteenth-century poet Emily Dickinson wrote ldquo With narrow probing eyes ndash I wonder if It weighs like Mine ndash Or has an Easier size rdquo The poem is a moving reflection on how people carry the unique ways they rsquo ve been wounded throughout their lives Dickinson concludes almost hesitantly with her only solace the ldquo piercing Comfort rdquo of seeing at Calvary her own wounds reflected in the Savior rsquo s ldquo Still fascinated to presume That Some ndash are like my own ndash rdquo The book of Revelation describes
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