The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
Grief is the ever-present companion of Loss.
Most anything can bring on a sense of loss. Loss of mobility or hearing or sight.
Loss of privilege, job or home. The loss of someone moving away or dying. The loss of dignity and self-respect generated by oppression and abuse.
The anger we feel when threatened by or actually encountering limitations is also a form of grief. The limits of time, money, energy, personal freedoms. The sense of losing control, of powerlessness or helplessness, can also be a form of loss.
In God’s magnificent design for creation there is a time for everything, including loss. Read Ecclesiastes 3 again, A Time for Everything. That’s reality, harsh temporal reality!
Also in God’s magnificent design is a place for God’s unending love, amazing grace and all-sufficient mercy. That’s also reality, saving spiritual reality!
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
Here’s the lesson. Though we will surely experience loss, a lot of it, throughout our lives the one loss we will never experience is loss of fellowship with God and separation from God’s eternal care. While we may feel distant from God, the fact is that God is never distant from us. God is ever near. Turn again toward Jesus, take his hand, and be whole.
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
Grief is the ever-present companion of Loss.
Most anything can bring on a sense of loss. Loss of mobility or hearing or sight.
Loss of privilege, job or home. The loss of someone moving away or dying. The loss of dignity and self-respect generated by oppression and abuse.
The anger we feel when threatened by or actually encountering limitations is also a form of grief. The limits of time, money, energy, personal freedoms. The sense of losing control, of powerlessness or helplessness, can also be a form of loss.
In God’s magnificent design for creation there is a time for everything, including loss. Read Ecclesiastes 3 again, A Time for Everything. That’s reality, harsh temporal reality!
Also in God’s magnificent design is a place for God’s unending love, amazing grace and all-sufficient mercy. That’s also reality, saving spiritual reality!
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
Here’s the lesson. Though we will surely experience loss, a lot of it, throughout our lives the one loss we will never experience is loss of fellowship with God and separation from God’s eternal care. While we may feel distant from God, the fact is that God is never distant from us. God is ever near. Turn again toward Jesus, take his hand, and be whole.
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