Monday, February 19, 2018

SHARED SUFFERING AND BROKEN SOULS

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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