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Comfort in Grief
God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. (Matthew 5:4)
Have you ever lost someone who meant the world to you? Have you ever been left on this earth without the one who meant the most to you? Have you ever felt as though someone took a piece of your heart, ripped it out of your chest, and put it through a shredder while you watched? If your answer is yes, then I want you to know that I understand.
When I was eleven years old the one person I adored most was taken out of this world. She was my nanny and I adored her so much. She was everything I needed and wanted in a caretaker. She loved me. But, a brain tumor and the will of God stole her from my world. It crushed me to pieces.
But, I was never allowed to grieve. I was never allowed to cry and express the sadness I had inside. I bottled it up and pretended that it didn’t matter. I was told she was just a “babysitter.” I refused to see that it could possibly affect me. I never mourned.
I have since been able to see that the more I hold it inside, the more it eats away at my very soul. By letting it out I was finally able to set my heart free. It was during the rough ride of grief that I realized the blessing in it. I found that mourning is truly a blessing. The ability to feel the loss that took place was a gift. Without the grief, I could never know how amazing comfort is.
Jesus said that those who mourn will be comforted and that they are blessed. It is so true, my friend. I know the road of grief is so unbearably difficult it rarely seems worth it. But, I also know that it is a gift to be able to feel the grief, and even more so to feel the comfort that God will provide. There are far too many who are still tightly bottling it inside, devoid of emotion. If you, like me, are battling through the grief, let us hold hands and consider ourselves blessed because as deeply as we feel the pain, so will we feel the comfort.
By Beth Hays
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