Good Grief

I believe grief to be one of the toughest experiences that we as humans have to experience. It can be an excruciatingly painful and long process. There aren’t any secret ways around grief – I must walk through it. I grieve when I’ve lost someone very close to me in death – this is the most common time of grief. I remember grieving over the death of my marriage. I can grieve over the “death of a dream”. I can grieve over financial loss. I have recently grieved with my son and his wife over 2 miscarriages.

Grief can be a most difficult part of my human existence. I can’t predict when it comes or when it will leave. I might grieve longer through one particular loss than another. There are simply no specific timetables to the grief process.

Isaiah speaks of the grief of Moab as their country is destroyed. They had some very outward signs of grief. Check this out….

I’ve heard it said that if you’ve never grieved, then you’ve never really loved. I don’t like making really strong statements like that. Grieving a very personal and human experience. I believe that the Lord wired me to grieve because He wired me to love. I think it would be sad to have no one miss me when I’m gone.

I want to learn to walk through grief in a healthy, unrushed and wholesome way. I want to lean on the Lord through grief. I want to lean on my friends through grief. I want to walk through grief and not get stuck in the middle of it. Grieving is hard work, but good work. I come to terms with the “big picture” of my life and my existence here on earth. I want to make my life count for the Lord. I want to love deeply and live all out in honor of my Creator.