life is a vapor in any moment of any day anyone can pass into eternity when we lose someone we love in this way we can become overwhelmed with disbelief and grief we search for answers even when we don’t know exactly what questions we should be asking why did God allow this how can we go on after the initial shock there’s a flurry of thoughts that rush through your mind or perhaps there’s just one thought about which you cannot stop obsessing maybe you feel angry maybe you feel guilty maybe hopeless depressed afraid

confused when you lose a loved one you know that no one can possibly know the pain you feel because how can they the person you lost was unique the relationship you had with them was unique everyone’s connections are different and so are the ways we grieve those connections you have a unique collection of experience experiences conversations and feelings that nobody else will ever have and can therefore never understand your loss of a parent is different than someone else’s loss of a parent your loss of a child is

different than someone else’s loss of a child the same is true of all loss of a sibling of a friend of a family member of a mentor we experience a unique kind of pain for the loss of every Unique Kind of connection is there a loved one you fondly remember tell us about them in the comment section Jesus never promised that our lives would be without heartache now I share that truth at the risk of sounding as if I’m trying to minimize grief but I remind you of this because some are at risk of falling into a snare of bitterness against God if we

believe we are owed a life without pain then we may feel disillusioned abandoned and lied to when we inevitably do feel pain especially if one tragedy strikes right after the other in our struggle to catch a breath we may find it difficult to remember the goodness of God when faced with tremendous loss job cried the lord gave and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lord well it’s easier said than done we can praise in the midst of pain we can trust God even when nothing makes sense remember we don’t serve a God who is cold and

distant he’s near to us and he understands our pain he’s the only one who ever truly can Christ himself experienced the pain of grief the King was distressed but because of his Oaths and his dinner guests he ordered that her request be granted and had John beheaded in the prison his head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl who carried it to her mother John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it then they went and told Jesus when Jesus heard what had happened he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary

place I believe that Jesus went away to a solitary place to grieve to weep to pray the Lord Jesus can empathize with us therefore since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven Jesus the son of God let us hold firmly to the faith we profess for we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses but we have one who has been tempted in every way just as we are yet he did not sin that’s Hebrews 4: 14 and 15 you can be angry you can ask questions you can weep you can grieve the Lord isn’t going to

hold it against you he’s going to hold you the Lord is close to the Brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit that’s Psalm 34:18 and in our grief let us not forget our great hope only in God can we find Hope for the future the strength to continue if grief is an impossible burden to bear then hope is that help that makes it just possible enough to who can we turn when death strikes no man or woman no matter how powerful they are can prevent or reverse death no man or woman no matter how wise they are can