Loss history ....

Loss history .....

 A phase I heard recently-"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't heal"

When we are faced with loss or heartache, it hurts...I have always wanted to get to the place that I can immediately lay down at Jesus' feet anything that comes my way...and I am sure not there yet...when nothing phases my soul, knowing that everything is first filtered for my good by the Father...not that I don't  want to feel or have emotion, but that I am not panicking over life ...

Loss is a big one...and the changes that comes with loss...there is a time of grief which may last long, but comes a place when it doesn't consume every thought, every part of my being, When I have handed it over or laid it down and let God work through it with me...when I am not solely carrying the burden....when I am not bitter or angry or in denial that "this happened to me" or asking "why"..

Thank You that you are will us through EVERYTHING...You know how to still our hearts, mend them, heal them...with Your touch and Word...

2 Timothy 2:13 Even when we are too weak to have any faith left, he remains faithful to us and will help us, for he cannot disown us who are part of himself, and he will always carry out his promises to us. TLB

Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your waysand my thoughts than your thoughts. 

Jonah 4:2b .... I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,.....

lyrics here's my heart lord david crowder, YouTube ...

"Griefshare devotional -Loss history

Dr. H. Norman Wright recommends writing a “loss history” to help you identify and work through past losses. Take time to think of and list any losses you have experienced throughout the course of your life. Include any instances where you felt a sense of loss, no matter how unimportant the circumstances may seem now. Think of missed promotions, friends moving away, the deaths of pets, the ends of friendships, job losses, children leaving home, and lost opportunities.

After you have identified each loss, go down through the list and talk about each one (to God or to another person). Talk about how intense it was and how you felt at that time. Take your time doing this. You may need to plan a time each day or week to work through your list.

“If you find there’s an emotional connection to some loss,” says Dr. Wright, “then maybe you have not really processed it. Maybe it’s still affecting your life in some way.”

Dr. Wright suggests that you need to come to the point at which you can say of each loss, “Yes, that happened to me, but now I’m going on with my life,” compared to “Boy, that happened to me, and it still hurts.”

“Remember the days of old” (Deuteronomy 32:7).

God, I didn’t realize how much my past losses were affecting me now. Use this exercise to help me recognize and come to terms with each loss on my list. Amen."