 "O
my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I
had died instead of you."
2 Samuel 18:33
At
night I stretched out untiring hands and my soul
refused to be conforted.
Psalm 77:2 |
 You
will need time to grieve.Each person’s
timetable for healing is different. All loss is
not the same loss. All grief is not the same
grief.
"How long
would it take for the words, ‘Go on with my
life,’ to drift through my
consciousness?"
Lots of time. Years, maybe. Society
wants you to get over it and get on with your life, but God understands
the process it will take to heal (Ecclesiastes 3:3).
 King David’s grief
for his deceased infant child was different than
the grief for his grown son Absalom. He seemingly
resolved the grief of one loss rather quickly,
while the death of Absalom all but took the life
out of David.
God understands
that even though we may have buried a loved one,
we cannot bury our feelings. We need time to
vent—and invent ways of coping with the loss
in our lives.
God records in
his Word that people in biblical days were in no
hurry to rush through the process of grief.
Neither
should you. |
