Just Grieve, No Guilt
I just discovered today that a friend had a terrible loss in her family. She noted that she felt guilt over the situation. I too experienced such feelings, at a young age over the death of a loved one, and then later in life as well. After much "discussion" with God, He reminded me that I didn't have that much control. That I needed to reminder that He was the One who decided when these people would die, not me.
No matter how bad my relationships may have been with them at the time of their deaths, I did not cause their deaths. And I did love them, even if I had been upset with them or the situations they were in, so I needed to just grieve-no guilt. I needed to release the "whys?" and "what ifs?"to God and say "thank you" for the time that I had with them on this earth.
That's it. There is no more that I could do. And neither can you, so cry…many tears…streams of pain for them and for yourself. Then wash your face as David, did at the loss of his son, and go back to living. He could grieve no more, it would do neither of them any good. David had hope, since he knew one day, he and his son would be reunited in heaven, where there would be no more tears or sorrows.
No matter how bad my relationships may have been with them at the time of their deaths, I did not cause their deaths. And I did love them, even if I had been upset with them or the situations they were in, so I needed to just grieve-no guilt. I needed to release the "whys?" and "what ifs?"to God and say "thank you" for the time that I had with them on this earth.
That's it. There is no more that I could do. And neither can you, so cry…many tears…streams of pain for them and for yourself. Then wash your face as David, did at the loss of his son, and go back to living. He could grieve no more, it would do neither of them any good. David had hope, since he knew one day, he and his son would be reunited in heaven, where there would be no more tears or sorrows.
2 Samuel 12:22-23
22 David said, “While the baby was still alive, I fasted, and I cried. I thought, ‘Who knows? Maybe the Lord will feel sorry for me and let the baby live.’ 23 But now that the baby is dead, why should I fast? I can’t bring him back to life. Someday I will go to him, but he cannot come back to me.”
22 David said, “While the baby was still alive, I fasted, and I cried. I thought, ‘Who knows? Maybe the Lord will feel sorry for me and let the baby live.’ 23 But now that the baby is dead, why should I fast? I can’t bring him back to life. Someday I will go to him, but he cannot come back to me.”
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