Words of Comfort
Day 337
When sharing with someone else who is grieving, words often
fail you. Do talk. That person needs to hear from you, but let your words be
few and specific.
Emy, who lost her husband, advises, “People shouldn’t say,
‘How are you?’ They should ask about a specific area: ‘Is your health better?’
or ‘Are you getting out more?’, something like that rather than making an
open-ended question.”
Don’t just offer empty words of encouragement. Find out what
is really going on in another person’s life, and keep track of how he or she is
progressing through the struggle. Comforting another person with the love of
Christ is necessary for your own healing as you being to better understand the
strength and peace found in a life lived for Jesus.
“For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our
lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows” (2 Corinthians 1:5).
Holy Jesus, may my
words be few, but focused and sincere, as I seek to comfort another grieving
person with Your love. Amen.
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