Psalm 34:18
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
My friend, Amy, recently lost her 10-year old son, Kaleb…
She and her daughter, Kyrsten…
Are grieving…
Perhaps you know how she feels…
Perhaps you can pray for them…
Perhaps her words can help you…
Grief….
“We have to learn much along the way…
Before we can move through the process…
We must learn patience…
The value of change…
The beauty of simplicity…
The importance of laughter…
The life-sustaining strength of relationships…
And the joy of spontaneity and adventure…
The membership requirements of the club…
Are anything but enviable…
You have to have felt the floor dropping out…
And the sky falling in…
All in one awful, unthinkable day…
You have to wonder whether you would be able to figure out…
Which shoe to put on which foot…
And then wonder why you should bother anyway…
You find out that you have survived…
Like others…
But, you only have survived as changed people…
There’s no going back…
Grief…
Of this magnitude…
Changes you….”
Matthew 5:4
“Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.”
Romans 12:15
“Rejoice with those who rejoice;
mourn with those who mourn.”
Amen!
Gracious Heavenly Father…
Wrap Your Loving Arms…
Around Amy, Kyrsten…
and all who grieve…
‘Til they can be with You…
In Heaven…
To again see their loved ones there!
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