Loss is not
simply something to be recovered from. Hope does not mean returning to
happiness as soon as possible. God comes to us in our grief and shares it. In that shared grief, we find love. “Mourn
with those who mourn.” Paul says. (Romans 12:15) Love meets in shared suffering
and broken souls like no other kind of love.
One of the
most common results of people who go through deep grief is that they come to
have a deeper appreciation for other people. People diagnosed with a serious
illness often describe this paradox. They hate having their body invaded by the
illness, but they wake up to how much people matter. They quit wasting time and
emotion on what doesn’t count…
God comes to
us in our grief, and because He shares our grief, it begins to mingle ever so
slightly with hope.
We cling to
each other, and love meets in shared suffering and broken souls like no other
kind of love.
-- John Ortberg in “The Me I Want to Be”
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