I'm lost.
How do I comfort you
in your grief, when
I believe in
purpose
and
all things work together for good
(even when they're bad)
That's no comfort
to you, who doesn't share
this faith, this
stronghold
which helps me make sense
of such senseless waste
when someone so important
to you is gone.
It's Flash Friday 55. Go see g-man if you have a contribution and leave your link in his comments.
14 comments:
Being there for someone is important in such situations, even if your wards fall flat. Sometimes the only real comfort is time.
Touching 55.
grieving is hard and it's messy. sometimes just being there is enough. thoughtful prose.
How grateful I am for the faith that holds me together in times of grief. I pray for those who do not have the same. This is a lovely 55.
My 55 is up.
PG
I ask myself that very question... the grieving process so different for so many. I still don't know what to do or say with others' grief.
In that, maybe just being there is the answer.
Beautiful 55!
being there is the best we can do - no matter how much we think there must be more... nice 55!
Great 55 Tina - I think you describe it so very well, how hard it is to make sense of such things when you do not have faith.
Your comfort is in being there. Even Jesus wept and he had the ability to change what was happening. It is His strength we are all leaning on
Thanks for the reflective 55
Moon smiles
WOW! These comments show how you touch Peeps, me included. Appropriate ALWAYS is to believe, and trust in the Creator, Whoever you understand that to be.
Tina...
Your Faith shines in this post.
Excellent 55 My friend..
Thanks for playing, thanks for visiting, and have a Kick Ass Week-End...G
there is comfort in the arms of fait...especially in that grieving times....perhaps you just have a friend they have not met yet...smiles.
I have often asked myself this very question when trying to comfort others, Tina. Well done.
I encounter this so often with families of the sick and dying in my line of work. You said so very much in so few words. Great job!
Makes me think of Jenny Matlock's 'Pearl' and her casserole bearing friends!
I know that, when I was grieving the loss of someone very close, just having people say they cared was a source of strength.
I am not a believer, but a friend's presence is a deep comfort in a grief.
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