you're standing on the beach just close enough so that the water touches your toes every several waves except for that one wave that rolls in strong on occasion that drenches your feet and splashes the tips of your shorts just a bit.
Grief or Sadness I think is much the same as this.
There are moments when the water has pulled back and you are completely dry and can laugh, sing and soar with life.
There are moments when the waves come close but do not quite touch you when you are down and quiet.
There are moments when the waves wash over your feet and you are hanging out with memories and tears.
There are the occasional waves that surprise you and wash all the way up splashing your clothes and you are swept up in the heartache of it all.
There are also the occasional waves that knock you down and you are drenched in lost hopes and plans, when you can barely pick yourself up or pull yourself from the sobs that come up like unwelcome water burning your nose.
Grief or Sadness rolls inside of us like the waves.
I am grieving with some of my far away friends these days. I have had moments when I have felt somewhat swept away by the sadness of all they are facing, knowing that I truly have no idea what it feels like to be in their shoes but desperately crying out for them.
I am feeling drenched in lost hopes, dreams and plans that I imagine they had. I weep for the emptiness that I imagine they feel.
I don't know what you may be facing today. I don't know if you are facing grief from loosing a loved one or if you are just experiencing some sadness. Maybe you are in a different kind of valley.
Maybe you are in one of the highs of life, way up on the mountain top watching the waves and enjoying the vast view and the peaceful sound of it all.
Reader, I don't know where you stand today on the edge of such grief, somewhere in the middle or way up upon the cliff of life. But I want you to know that no matter where you stand at this very moment...You are Loved. You are seen. You are known. You are chosen by our Heavenly Father, Creator, Savior, Lord of Lords, and King of Kings. He sees YOU, He knows YOU, He loves YOU and He choose you!
Father,
Help us in anything that we face to recognize YOU. Help us to allow your great love to transform us and to propel us on to the things that you have for us to do. Help us to heal and be comforted. Help us to receive your Peace that transcends all understanding. Help us to hear YOUR voice louder than we hear anything else. Help us to know that we know that we know that we are NOT alone. I pray that we would all come to know you more. Learn to love you more and that we would LIVE to serve YOU all the days of our life. In Jesus name. Amen.
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