Sometimes I am contacted by complete strangers asking about grief..with grief of their own...stories of loved ones who are no longer here...tears, sorrow, the "left behindedness" that those who have lost loved ones feel...the raw emotions, the clenched kleenexes, the reddened eyes, sleepless nights, the fogginess of pain, the emptiness....many of us have been there....and done that....they haven't moved on to the memories of good times yet....which will eventually will come for many...they are still in the "loss"....
For me, it gives a chance at listening yet again to others, pray with them, encourage them, and maybe in a small way help them them along the path of healing....working through the grief...and it is work...
But, it also opens the wound that is still healing in myself...having actually experienced portions of my own grief...maybe not the same as theirs, but there are commonalities ....and my heart is emotionally tested again...truth is searched and found again...God is still on His throne..still comforting , still caring, still holding my hand, whispering to my heart to proclaim to theirs ...
It may be fleeting or long term, but it is still another page in my book of life, another chapter writing itself...another Thank YOU...for being able to encourage another...through the comfort that He has given me...
Thank YOU, ...for another chapter...
Romans 15:5-6, 13 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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