I realize my posting today may be a little unusual from what I normally post but I have a heavy heart today because so many of my friends have lost members of their family the last few days
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So many times, we don't consider what a person's life is worth until God has taken them from us. So many people that I know ; many I have known for years, have recently been faced with the loss of someone they love; so many people then are faced with the five stages of grief.
Denial comes first....denying that a loved one is gone. Feeling they
will walk through the door any moment. This helps the grieving person
not have to face the truth all at once. Anger then comes.......anger at
the person who has left us ; anger at God or anger at ones self because
they feel they could have done something to prevent the loss. Then, a
grieving person wants to bargain. They want to go back to an earlier
time when the loved one was there. They plead with God to change the
outcome so they can have more time with the one who is gone. Most of the
time, depression follows. People try to get the person who is grieving
to get help from their grief . It's better to allow that person to
grieve so they can move on to the last step of accepting what has
happened. The very best thing we can do for someone who is going
through this process is to pray for them. We can also just be there for
them. We don't have to say a word; just be there if they need to
unburden their hearts.
The grieving process is different for everyone; some come through it in a matter of months; for some, it takes years and others seem to never get to this point in the grief process.
If we haven't already experienced it, someday all of us will face the loss of someone we love dearly. Life is uncertain and death is a part of life just like birth. God placed us on this earth for a specific purpose. Those who find their purpose are truly blessed. I think when God takes someone we love it is because they have fulfilled their purpose on this earth; they have taught us to love a little more.
Those of us who are left need to be sure and certain where we will spend eternity. We need to encourage our friends and loved ones to be ready for the day when God calls them home.
"But our homeland is in heaven, where our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, is; and we are looking forward to his return from there. When he comes back, he will take these dying bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same mighty power that he will use to conquer all else everywhere." Philippians 3:20-21 (TLB)
The grieving process is different for everyone; some come through it in a matter of months; for some, it takes years and others seem to never get to this point in the grief process.
If we haven't already experienced it, someday all of us will face the loss of someone we love dearly. Life is uncertain and death is a part of life just like birth. God placed us on this earth for a specific purpose. Those who find their purpose are truly blessed. I think when God takes someone we love it is because they have fulfilled their purpose on this earth; they have taught us to love a little more.
Those of us who are left need to be sure and certain where we will spend eternity. We need to encourage our friends and loved ones to be ready for the day when God calls them home.
"But our homeland is in heaven, where our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, is; and we are looking forward to his return from there. When he comes back, he will take these dying bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same mighty power that he will use to conquer all else everywhere." Philippians 3:20-21 (TLB)
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