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Grief is not an enemy or a sign of weakness. It is a sign of being human. Grief is the cost of loving someone.
You may feel it is useless to talk about your grief, because no one truly understands what your are going through.
Grief runs Deep: Where is the Hope?
Even though your heart is breaking and tears are
clouding your eyes and staining your checks, God does
give us something worth trusting in tough times. And
that's him, and Him Alone.
When your heart is breaking, you can place your
hope and trust in the Lord.
Grief's unexpected turns will throw you again and again. You may feel that for every step forward, you take at least one step back. The grieving process generally takes loner than you ever imagined.
Don't rush this process. What you are feeling is normal, it is necessary.
The Lord will carry you, if you ask him. When you are feeling so weak you canno take another step, ask him to lift yo high into His loving arms. Then rest in Him with an opan and listening heart. This does not mean that your problems will disappear, but it does mean you will have Someone to share them with.
The unpredictable timing and odd combinations of emotions that hit you during grief can leave you confused and despairing.
My life has been totally flipped upside down emotionally, in every way you could imagine.
Emotions not only hit hard, but emotions can occur at unexpected moments.
Matthew 5.4 - Jesus promises comfort and a blessing for those who go through the process of grief and mourning. "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."
My emotions occur spontaneously. Sometimes, I will be driving and a memory of my son, brings on so emotions and tears.
There are stages that are common to the process of grief, they do not occur in a predictable order. My emotions have been random, sometimes overwhelming. It is okay to feel how you are feeling. If i want to vent, I vent. if I want to cry, I cry. If I want to go to the cemetary and talk to my son, I do.
I express my tears and pain. I do not surpress my emotions. I do not apologize for my tears and emotions. I deal with my pain head on.
