Day 39 - Society’s Superficial Response to Grief
Society often concerns itself with keeping up appearances, maintaining the status quo, and covering up problems, as if pretense will somehow make things right!
“We want everything to be glossed over,” Rev. John Coulombe observes. “We want everything to be gilded with gold. We think it should be tidy and nice.”
But life is not “tidy and nice” and pretending it is will hinder your healing process and make it even longer.
Remember that your view is not God’s. Realizing this, draw close to Him and listen to His wisdom. His perspective on your grief is the one you need to seek.
“‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the LORD. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts’” (Isaiah 55:8-9).
Holy God, teach me to grieve wisely, knowing that You truly understand my hurts and my needs and knowing that Your way for me is far better than society’s expectations of me. Amen.