Every Sigh

Laura Digan September 18, 2026 4 1

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Romans 8: 18-27 (NIV-UK)

18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

Creation groans.
And so do we.

For all that is broken,
for all that is becoming,
for all we cannot name.

But somewhere
beneath our words,
beneath our tears,
the Spirit breathes.

Holding our aching earth.

Holding our aching hearts.

And turning every sigh
into prayer,
every groan
into hope.

Prayer:

Sit in silence for one minute, hands open, and listen — to your heart, to creation, to God

Amen