Showing posts with label grief. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grief. Show all posts

Monday 26 July 2021

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief

 



“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief.
 Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now.
 You are not obligated to complete the work,
 but neither are you free to abandon it.”
~ The Talmud


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Friday 1 March 2013

Emotional pain and emotional deadness

We all experience pain at some time in our lives.
Physical pain can often be helped by medication but emotional pain is much more difficult to deal with. There are times we wish we could completely escape from such grief and hurt. We may even read books, take course or set boundaries in an attempt to find ways to reduce or eliminate this dreadful pain. This is good and may be helpful but there are a few points we need to bear in mind.
English: Hot bottle rash in a person with chro...
Hot bottle rash in a person with chronic abdominal pain who found some relief from the application of heat. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)


The opposite to pain is not joy but emotional deadness. If we never experience pain and grief it will be because we are also unable to experience love and joy. As a wise person said, ‘Pain is the price we pay for caring.’

God does not promise to take away our pain. He promises to be with us, comfort us and give us peace in the midst of our pain (Phil. 4:6,7). He shares and feels our pain and who better to do so. He experienced unbelievable pain on our behalf as the price of His caring.


“6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to god. 7 and the peace of god which passes all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through christ jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7 MKJV)

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Find also:
  1. Meaning of life 
  2. Suffering
  3. Offer in our suffering
  4. God helper and deliverer
  5. God's instruction about joy and suffering
  6. God's promises to us in our suffering
  7. Suffering - through the apparent silence of God
  8. Suffering continues
  9. Suffering leading to joy
  10. Surprised by time in joys & sufferings

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English: Illustration of the pain pathway in R...
Illustration of the pain pathway in René Descartes' Traite de l'homme (Treatise of Man) 1664. The long fiber running from the foot to the cavity in the head is pulled by the heat and releases a fluid that makes the muscles contract. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



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Monday 3 August 2009

Prayer has comforted us in sorrow


"Prayer has comforted us in sorrow
and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead."
- GWB

"The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
the LORD accepts my prayer."
Psalm 6:9

Hear my cry for mercy, oh God.
Understand me and hear me.
Let my prayers come  to you
and let them make my wishes clear.
Hear and accept my prayers
and allow them to strengthen me.
God, I am grateful that the prayer could comfort me in my grief
and that it can give me hope,
because I know that you want to listen to me
and that you want to accept my prayers.


Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Gebed heeft ons getroost in ons verdriet

Hasekura in prayer, following his conversion t...
Hasekura in prayer, following his conversion to Christianity in Madrid in 1615. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
 
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Thursday 23 July 2009

The soul has no rainbow if the eyes have no tears


"The soul has no rainbow if the eyes have no tears."
- Native American Saying

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles,
so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort
we ourselves have received from God."
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Lord teach me my grief to bear
and teach me to sea the positive side of my difficulties.
Let me also assist people who have difficulties
and let me comfort those who have grieve.
Dutch version > De ziel heeft geen regenboog als de ogen niet tranen
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2014 update:
 
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