I have spent quite a bit of this last year thinking about grief. Grief over the loss of life as we knew it, prior to the pandemic. Grief over the loss of rituals. The loss of loved ones. Grief has been palpable in 2020 and 2021.
In the midst of grief, you will always find people who tell you that grief isn't the right response. Those who offer platitudes and faulty misquotations of scripture in order to try to get you to be joyful. But the truth is, we see Jesus grieving in scripture. Jesus said, "Blessed are those who mourn." Grieving is part of life.
But we also need to feel free to bring that grief before God. We say that we worship a God who understands our grief and died our death. If that is true, we should feel free to come before God, like the Psalmist and let our hearts pour out to God.
When we try to short-change the grieving of others or not bring our own griefs before God, we miss out on the blessings of knowing the unmoveable, steadfast love of our God.
How can you free your heart to come before God with your whole life?
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