Day 253 - What It Means to Move Forward
Moving forward does not mean …
- you forget the person.
- you never feel the pain of your loss.
- you believe that life is fair.
Moving forward does mean …
- you experience a lessening of the pain.
- you can treasure your best memories of the person who has died.
- you can realistically accept the different aspects of your loss.
- you can form new relationships, try new things.
Moving forward also means …
- you grow in grace and in your walk with God.
- you accept your loss and forgive others.
- you understand that both joy and loss are a part of life.
- you believe that God is good, even when life isn’t.
“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete” (John 15:11).
Holy God, sometimes moving forward seems impossible. Continue to remind me that I cannot move forward through my own strength, but only through an extension of Yours. Amen.