Day 59 - Sudden and Unpredictable
Emotions during grief do not occur in an orderly fashion. You cannot follow a checklist and mark off the emotions you are finished with and then move on to the next. They come suddenly and unpredictably.
“People ask me, ‘How are you doing?’ And I say, ‘Wonderful.’ One moment I’m sobbing uncontrollably—I carry Kleenex around in my pocket—and the next moment I’m so exhilarated with joy with all that God is doing in my life,” says Dr. Jim Conway.
Circumstances will change. People will change. Surroundings will change. But the Bible leads you to the one sure thing: “I the LORD do not change” (Malachi 3:6).
Almighty, unchanging God, I grasp on to Your hand as my emotions confuse and overwhelm me. You alone cannot be moved, and I am confident that as long as I remain in You, I, too, will not be moved. Amen.