Accept the Grace God Is Giving
>> Friday, October 24, 2008
Eldredge talks about being afraid of Scout's death, afraid of the grief that the loss of his dog would bring. Do you feel as though you are afraid of grief, to look at losses in your life? Would you expect God to come for you in your grief? He talks about feeling guilty that he "ought to feel bad" as he began to feel God's grace embrace him and his family still hurting. Have you ever chosen grief and pain over God's comfort and healing before?
3 comments:
This is kind of a hard one for me to answer...I don't think that I "fear" loss BECAUSE I know that He would come for me. I still worry about the safety of my family members, but I do know that He is in control and that He would get me through any loss that He allowed in my life. I do remember feeling guilty at different points in my life, when I was much younger, when I thought that I should have grieved longer over something or someone than I had, almost forcing myself to grieve longer. I didn't see it as "choosing grief" over God's comfort at the time, but that is exactly what I was doing.
I think I do fear loss. I fear being on earth without my children and I fear them being here without me. God has really been working on me in this area and I'm coming to terms with this fear and letting God help me with it. I'm not sure what brought it all on, but it's been pretty strong recently.
I have had times where I've chosen God's comfort and healing over grief and pain, and it does make me feel somewhat guilty. People ask you how you can be doing so well, but I guess that's an opportunity to witness. There, of course, have been times when I've chosen grief and pain over God and I have to tell you, chosing God is much better!
I guess I have been blessed to not encounter very many situations in my life when I have grieved. I do fear the loss of my husband, children, and close family. I often think about how I know I will need to seek God when and if such things happen in my life....but I sometimes wonder if my grief will be bigger than my brain at that time.....will I be stong enough to seek Him through the pain??? I hope I can.
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