Loss

Friends and family over the last few weeks have suffered losses. Family, pets, miscarriages, the list goes on and on. Even the sermon at church Sunday was about grief. Pain, mental anguish and the finality of loss. Hopes dashed, dreams destroyed. How do we come to grips with all this pain. Earthquakes have killed hundreds of thousands over the last few weeks. Disasters on a biblical scale have rocked the world. We all suffer loss. We all have pain. Pain so hard and deep within us. We wall it off and hide it. Get angry about it. Scream at the heavens both with an audible wail and most of the time our soul cries out!!!

Loss of relationships, to me are the biggest loss. We hurt right to the core when a relationship is gone. A death, a divorce, estranged from a friend or family member. The loss of a close pet can be devastating. How can we deal with it and not despair??