It is hard to remember that those who have experienced the same situation of loss, those who were together through all the minutes of the days and who share the experience of the same grief experience their grieving in isolation. We grieve as individuals, even though we sometimes do that together. Having gone through a …
The dead are always there, but the brightness of life obscures our perception of them. We don’t forget, but they are on the periphery of our consciousness – life takes our focus in so many other directions. But then darkness comes, and the dead come to mind. Memories arise again and again. In the darkness …
Some things can’t be overcome or recovered from. Which runs counter to the preferred narrative of a victorious Christian life, or even the more general desire that a situation is returning to normal. There are situations that are never overcome; events from which we never recover. Instead the best outcome is that our lives incorporate …
Tears may not fill ours eyes physically, but the sadness that abides provides an altered perspective that remains. Rather than a clouded vision there are things perceived that were always there, but never observed. I shall look at the world through tears. Perhaps I shall see things that dry-eyed I could not see. Nicholas Wolterstorff, …
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