Talk About It - Day 40

Talk About It
Day 40

Death is a part of life. Everyone experiences the death of a loved one.

"We are social beings, physical beings, and spiritual beings," says Rev. Clay Evans. "When you lose someone you are attached to, it is normal, it is natural, for you to grieve."

If grief is natural and is part of everyone's life, why is there a feeling of discomfort when someone mentions the death of a loved one? Why the embarrassment when tears come during an ordinary conversation?

People in grief may avoid their friends and even their church to prevent these awkward moments. This is not how it should be. Someone needs to move beyond the discomfort. Be the first one to squelch the prevailing attitude of embarrassment and unease, and start talking about grief.

"Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ" (Galatians 6:2 NASB).

Lord Jesus, grieving is as natural and as common as loving. I want to help make it as acceptable, too. May my healing journey spark healing in those around me. Amen.

~This is my true heart's desire. I pray that through my journey and chronicling it, I will have shared something with someone that meant something. I don't even need to know that something I have said helped someone else. This isn't for praise or for applause. I am doing this to help myself and have hopes that I will be able to be someone that my friends and family can turn to for guidance when they have to start their season of grief. I am not and will not be an expert, but I will be a person of empathy and sympathy and will not judge nor will I try and "fix" someone who is grieving, because fixing isn't what a grieving person needs/wants/desires. It is just about listening and being there.  I know I have said it several times now, but it really is just what I needed and while I didn't get it, I hope and pray that I am that person for someone else some day.