Mourning

 Years ago I taught a lesson on the grief process in a discipleship group on a Sunday evening. I was amazed at how the people were so involved and interested in what I was saying. It really made me aware of how much people grieve, and how many people have problems with it because they do not understand what is happening to them. Since then I have tried to do my best to help people mourn well.

Ephraim suffered a terrible loss when his sons were killed for being thieves. (I Chronicles 7:22) The Bible tells us that he mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. This verse gives us a few clues about the grief process upon which I would like to expound. I hope it is helpful.

There is no set time for a person to go through the grief process and come to the end of it. It can take years. However, God means for it to come to an end. He wants us to walk through the process with Him, so we can experience healing and come out better for having gone through it with Him. Yes, we will feel sad, we will have questions, and we can even be angry over what happened. 

With God's help, we can work through these things and look back knowing that we have grown closer to God, and we can see the good side of what happened. Also, we can be greatly helped in the time of our mourning by others who come to be with us. They don't have to have all of the answers. They don't have to do anything but be there for us. Their presence makes a great difference, because we know they love us and will help us in their own unique way.

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Tomorrow, I intend to read I Chronicles 8-10.