Webat times like these, the proverb rings painfully true: “even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief. ” (proverbs 14:13 esv) when there’s an empty seat at. We all know the feeling of driving in our car one day, and suddenly that one song comes on, and you are taken back to a moment in time. Webthe joy, the love and the gratitude. And then, there’s the empty seat at the table. The seat that used to be the home of someone no longer here.