- "Is man's life on earth a drudgery? Are not his days those of a hireling? He is a slave who longs for the shade, a hireling who waits for his wages. So I have been assigned months of misery, and troubled mights have been told off for me. If in bed I say, "when shall I arise?" then the night drags on; I am filled with restlessness until the dawn. My days are swifter then a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope. Remember that my life is like the wind; I can not see... happiness again"(Job 7:1-4, 6-7).
We feel like these verses when life throws us a bad curb ball, like the death of a loved one. We feel as though we are having to deal with a situation that we have no control over, and life keeps buzzing by us while we are trying to get a grasp on it all. We want to scream, "Stop the world, I want to get off for a while to figure this all out!" But we get no rest from it all, for life goes on. Know the feeling? I do, been there, done that.
What I found out during my bad moments of life is that I could take moments to stop and climb into God my Father's lap for a while. While there I could pour out my heart to Him and cry. Crying is ok, it is a way of "draining" the emotional wounds that we carry. After Vannie died, I would alot myself 30 minutes a day to do this, then I got back to life. Those 30 minutes with God my Father is what helped me get through my grief and moved me into actions that helped me celebrate her life instead of her death. In doing so I found HOPE again
Comforting hugs!
Chaplain Toni
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