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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Knowing how to grieve ought to be a essential skill we developed when we're young




Life, they say, is filled with moments of absolute joy

and other times deep despair




I see this whenever I attend services to honor a loved one who died

Whereas, the grown-ups will be huddled in small circles of 4

sharing memories of their loved one




Children are playing cat and mouse on the Church lawn

Oblivious to the reality of the depth of their parent's soul

at such a moment as this




Whereas, grown-ups shed tears

Children want to play




It is a reminder to me how God protects the most vulnerable 

from grieving

While embracing the grown-ups and walking with them

through the desolate valley

offering, at times, promises of His love

that He will bring you through the pain

and lift you up out of the depths of your soul




setting you, finally, on solid ground 

where once

you can look back and see how God rescued you




Once you're healed from this grief

God will help you heal the children

who

years later are encountering their own depths of their soul




Finally,

you begin to see that your loving Father 

has

a perfect plan for your life!




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