One day this week, in the early hours, I received news that an aunt had passed away. My heart felt sore especially for my cousin, who had lost her mother. Empathy is exactly what I felt because, instantly my mind recalled the memories of losing my dad. Everything came flooding back. Today, there was another loss for other cousins of mine.
Grief has a way of reopening wounds we thought had healed. The moment you lose a loved one, time stands still! I recall the very moments after my dad passed away. The hardest part was seeing everything around ?me continue as normal—people going about their lives, traffic still moving, the sun still rising—but my world felt like it collapsed inwards.
Grief leaves you trying to make sense of emotions too heavy to carry and too complex to explain.
We all process things differently and at different times. So, to the ones who have lost someone they love, I see you. I feel your pain. And I want to encourage you with something that someone once said to me and really helped me during my own time of loss: You may never get over it, but with God, you will get through it. It’s been 2 years since my dad passed away, and I have some hard moments where I just miss him and want to talk to him. And yet I can testify and say, I’m not in that sad place I was, 2 years ago.
I remember taking time to think about the saying ‘time heals’. It was only then when I realised, it’s not that time heals, but rather what we do in that time.
So if you’re struggling right now, if your heart is heavy, I dare you to call on the Lord Jesus Christ, and allow Him hold you and heal you. He is the true Comforter and Shepherd. He has promised to walk with us in life. He was with me in the valley of grief and I know He is there for you too. He knows the ache of loss. He weeps with us. And He will carry us when we feel we cannot take another step.
The verse I have for you today is Psalm 34:18 “The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
My grief Journey – Time Heals
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