Grief (The Wilful Sunflower) "I try to tell myself to trust. To live each day as it comes. To let God do His thing and show up, send someone, when I need a person to be there. Even if that person isn’t the spouse I wish I could have. Deep inside I know my God won’t abandon me. But it takes a lot to trust. No guarantees. And the fear is constantly knocking at the door.
Grieving is necessary. You die, fall to ashes, and rise up again. Stronger, yet more human. If I can pass through this fire without letting it consume me, I may yet be a lady of grace and strength. I pray so, O my God."
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reminds me of C.S. Lewis in The Pilgrim’s Regress as he talks about death and dying–he says we meet death many times over during our lives until one day we meet him ultimately and then never more after that
strange how only God can make us phoenixes–able to rise from the rubble of death into newness of life
This was very well put! I have prayed that very thing so many times in my life.