We are called to serve

As God works on healing your grief He will provide opportunities for you and your spouse to serve together in the body of Christ. If you are a single person recovering from grief He will also find ways to use you in the body of Christ. He will not let your pain go wasted when there are so many hurting people that need the comfort that only you can provide.

What ever the grief may be He will not let your pain and suffering go unnoticed because others will be encouraged by the pain and suffering you have been through. Your pain will not go unnoticed by God and in God's own timing He will heal you.  Whether it is a loss of a child, the loss of a spouse, or the loss of a parent God will bring you through your pain.  That is the remarkable thing about being a Christian! He will bring people into your life who will be God's instruments to heal you.He will teach you to grieve with Hope. For Linda and I he has introduced us to many older people in the congregation who have been God's chosen instruments to help us recover from our loss. God has also brought young people into my son's life to help him recover from the loss of his sister.

In the last few months Linda and I have been involved in two different groups on Tuesday nights at church. Linda is co-facilitating a freedom in Christ group and I have been involved in a Grief share group.  The best part of this has been the worship time before the groups meet. You may feel that you and your spouse are miles apart in the ways you are grieving, but you can rest on the knowledge that in time God will bring the two of you together again.  In time the two you will be ministering together in the body of Christ!