Grief and Mourning

This I Know, that God is for ME!....

Grief has been a word often heard in my circle lately. It has me considering all the ways we grieve and all the reasons we may grieve or mourn.
Maybe loss is your experience currently.
Loss of a job
Loss of a friend
Loss of an important item in your life. (Even though we know possessions are temporary, we may feel grief when something very important is lost to us.)
Perhaps it is loss of expectation.
Loss of closeness with family
Loss of good health
Loss of a dream
Maybe death has impacted you.
Death of a friend, family member or pet.
Maybe disappointment has overwhelmed you. Perhaps you've recently moved away from all you know. Starting over is difficult. You feel sadness and grief.
We feel grief over mistreatment, over watching loved ones self destruct, over marriage ending, over knowing your life is not how you pictured it would be.
Not getting into the school of our choice, rejection letters....Hurt and disappointments come in many forms. What do we do with all our grief?

Verses I have leaned on in times of grief.

Psalm 56:8 & 9b
You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
This I know, that God is for me.

I also had to learn that if I do not allow myself to grieve, it can easily turn into anger. Grief was a gift in that aspect.
A time to lean on God (and sometimes others) brings sweet fellowship.
Out of grief can come fruit & blessings.
Prayer journaling creates an outlet to release our grief to God. When Jesus grieved, he cried-and cried out to God.
We have Christ's example, we have a GOOD GOD who makes NO mistakes, we do have a future and we have fellowship with others through sharing our grief.

Romans says, "May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another...."
God is the God of endurance and encouragement.
This I Know, that God is for ME!....