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Are You Carrying Grief and Sorrow? This is for You.

Grief, courtesy of Adobe SparkGrief is not a state but a process—like a walk in a winding valley with a new prospect at every bend. ~ C. S. Lewis

I’m not an expert on grief.

Instead, I relay my personal experience in walking through the process of utter sorrow. A path of darkness I have trod. Or maybe it’s more truthful to say I kicked and screamed the whole way.

You see, I never wanted to learn how to deal with sorrow or grief. No one sets out to intentionally sign up for the class.

Still, sooner or later, we’re all enrolled. Sometimes sitting side by side trying to figure out how we go on. Wondering if there’s any hope that lies on the other side of the path. And do we really ever graduate with flying colors?

Today, I had another topic prepared to publish. A lighter and less dark topic. But in the early morning hours, I sensed God’s leading to change my plans.

Grief, a part of life.

A conversation. “But Lord. Just a few weeks ago I wrote about loss in my own life.” (God’s Love and Mercy Will Cease When Pigs Fly.)

He reminded me. That was then, this is now. There are new burdens My children carry. 

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September 8, 2016 at 2:26 pm | Uncategorized