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How To Deal With Death; Living A Lifetime Of Freedom in Only 10 Days!
Loss is a universal experience. Nobody goes through this life unscathed by its torment and the pain and devastation it can lead to. Even though we all face loss, each individual will have a different experience from the loss they face. For some it may be through the passing of a daughter or son or spouse. Some will experience divorce and the splitting of their family and some will have a protracted illness or cancer or being let go from their employment and suffering financial loss. Your loss may arrive by way of a ruined reputation, betrayal by a good friend or rejection by a loved one. Regardless of how loss comes, when something is taken from us that we cherish and hold dear, the pain and heart ache that accompanies our loss is unavoidable and very often life changing.
Because I have journeyed thru some significant losses in my life I have an understanding of the devastation of loss in a person’s life. As I have matured in life and have grown in my knowledge and understanding of my Heavenly father the realization that pain, heartache and that all my losses can be used by God to bring not only His healing but also my growing in Him. He has expanded the very essence of who I am. Not so I’ll take great pride in myself am for having dealt with my losses and overcame them, for how sad would that be, if there was nothing else in my life except overcoming losses. No, when God expands our soul, grows, and strengthens us, in the midst of the hurt in our life, its so our Heavenly father will be able to show us a life that’s larger than us; demonstrating that just because our world is fallen and full of sin and death, He’s still ready to do His perfect plan and will for us and in us.
Eight Chapter of Romans Verse 28:
“We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to His purpose.”
Often when people are in the depth of their pain because of their loss, their attitude is to deny their loss, even becoming hateful to somebody sharing the truth of God’s Word with them, thinking it wrong, maybe even thinking you are being preachy or insensitive to what they are going through. Learning to know when it is the best time for things like this is crucial, not revealing the truth and great hope of the promises of our Heavenly Father shows a great absence of empathy and love, for nothing apart from God’s power and His love can set someone free to move on and flourish after a fatal loss.
It is that incapacity to get moving with your life that’s the subject of what I am penning. There would not be any need to discuss getting beyond our loss if our loss did not have such incredible power to keep us stuck, almost frozen in time or worse, living our life in the past, as if today or tomorrow doe not matter.
There‘s, understandably, a place and a time to mourn. Not facing your loss and allowing yourself to feel the discomfort and sorrow of it, will result in all types of further emotional and physical issues latter on down the line. Your loss and pain needs you to grieve which is healthy, healing your grief needs time. But that time is not intended to stay around for all time. Cherishing memories and special feelings for a lost loved one is by all means crucial. Recollecting very special or joyous events that have occurred in your life and were good and wonderful. It can even be sadness at times as you’re feeling your total emptiness or the loss these changes in your life have brought, can be healing and what you need but a life of grieving isn’t!
Lamentations 3, talks about there being a season and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven, including a time to weep:
A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.
If we choose to stay in a constant place of hurt and pain, we’re going to lose out on all the wonderful things your Heavenly Father has laid out and planned for you, that could be a loss of unspeakable proportions. Your Heavenly Father is loving and revels in healing and restoration for each individual who calls upon Him. God does not intend for us to go through this life wounded and lacking in body and spirit as a result of losses we experience. He wants to heal us to restore each of us and to bring glory to Himself. He is a God of new beginnings, wanting to be in your life, revealing His awesome power and His love to a dying world.
Isaiah 43 : 18-19 ( NASB )
Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I’ll do something new. Now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it?
He wants for us to journey with Him and enjoy the things He is doing, yet if we decide or refuse not to accept God into our lives, we are certain to spend the remainder of our lives feeling sorry for ourselves.
One of the most negative choices somebody can make soon after loosing a loved one especially that of a better half of a daughter or son or maybe after a marriage break up – is they will never let themselves fall in love again. They think to do so will be to open themselves up to that very same devastating pain again and who in their right mind would do that? But to make a decision like that is to make certain that one is very likely to miss more of the awesome things God still has planned for them.
In his book, A Grace Disguised; writer Gerald Sittser, who lost his mother, his wife and a daughter in an automobile accident talks about this very issue.
“The risk of further loss, therefore, poses a dilemma. The problem of choosing to love again is that the choice to love means living under the constant threat of further loss. But the problem of choosing not to love is that the choice to turn from love means imperiling the soul, for the soul thrives in an environment of love. Soul-full people love; soul-less people do not. If people want their soul to grow through loss, whatever the loss is, they must eventually decide to love even more deeply than they did before. They must respond to the loss by embracing love with renewed energy and commitment.”
After a loss it is important to begin expanding our hearts once again which can be a puzzling part of the way God uses to heal us. It is our decision to refuse or accept His healing or we can withdraw to protect our heart, leading to a lessened heart and a very empty and meaningless way to finish living life. That withdrawal could be justified by saying another loss is too certain to risk it. Yes, another loss may occur yet God’s love and His power is even more certain to heal you. It takes bravery to live again and it takes God’s power to love continuously. With Our Lord God, it means a new beginning and a reason to move on!
To discover more about having a relationship with God and discovering His love that will that will lead you to a life of freedom go to: How To Deal With Death
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