Life in Words

“ ‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land. “ ‘I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you. “ ‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you. You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new. I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will

Sometimes there is a lot to say and sometimes there is nothing to say. Grief makes it tricky. Some can't stand the silence and fill the void with everything and anything. Others have no idea what to say so they simply don't say anything at all. In reality, there is no right or wrong when it comes to grief. Some need that silent void filled and are thankful for the distraction. Others can't stand the thought of life going on as normal for everyone else and shut everything(one) around them down. The one thing I have seen across personalities is the truth in the comfort of knowing that someone is there...someone cares...someone has offered a part of him/herself even if it was awkwardly done. A hand was extended and even if it wasn't initially accepted, that extended hand helped. So thank you to those that consistently exercise your gifts of mercy and compassion. Grief is not easily explainable or easily healed. "...but God is the strength of  my heart and