That prolong sense of long suffering grief

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Matthew 11:28-30New American Standard Bible (NASB)
28 “Come to Me, all [a]who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is [b]easy and My burden is light.”



It often isn't until many of us leave home that we begin to process the many painful losses in our lives. It is when we step on the campus of the place we will call home when that prolong sense of grief begins to hit us. Those losses we thought we had successfully boxed up and slid into the back corners of our mind suddenly shifts its weight and crashes to the ground  in our information storage center we  refer to as the brain. Those losses we were able to hide as teenagers come to the surface as we begin our new chapter in life.

That is how this prolong sense of long suffering grief operates.

It is why thousands of teenagers turn to alcohol and drugs.

It is why heroine is making a comeback.

Unless a person learns how to share their sense of prolong suffering they are likely to try to medicate it with weed, ecstasy, or any other illicit drug they can lay their hands on. We all do it.  Somehow this prolong sense of long suffering has to get processed and without the ability to open up with another person for the contents of that shattered box to be shared drugs will often be used to relieve that pain.

It is why Jesus Christ died for you. It is why Christ modeled what it means to share your pain when he brought 12 men together to share the good news of salvation. He knew that when it was time for him to leave his earthly existence in exchange for a heavenly one that there would be prolong sense of loss in those left behind. He wanted those he brought together to confide in each other the inner turmoil they were feeling in the days and weeks after his passing.

What is your prolong sense of long suffering? What are you dealing with today that drives you to activities that are not necessarily healthy? Instead of trying to put everything that came crashing to the floor back in the box I encourage you to tell someone about those contents you felt from those long ago memories you thought you had put away for good. Tell a trusted friend.

Then talk to God about this prolong sense of long suffering. He understands.

He was there as he watched his son, Jesus, being crucified. Although God knew that sacrificing his son was the only way he could wipe the slate clean to enable all to come to Him, God felt the same prolong sense of long suffering as you do.

It is possible to process the pain without drugs, or alcohol simply by learning to embrace those losses and telling others about them. 

As you do so you will begin to find that others will begin to share their own sense of long suffering with you. As you do this a beautiful thing happens. Friendships develop and grow at a much deeper level than when that pain was all neatly packaged and stuffed into the back of our storage container.