I’ve been pondering this same thing, too, Shawn--in the wake of losing my brother, with so many other griefs surrounding his loss, and in a season so overwhelmed with tons of little kids who I’m trying to help shepherd into the future.
Adam Young’s Podcast--the Place We Find Ourselves (great podcast)--is doing a 4-part series on “How to heal from sorrow and grief”...
it’s relevant and heavy and annoying and rich.
One thing he’s pointed out is how often the Bible describes God’s sorrow and grief...That our capacity to grieve is very much a facet of our being made in his image. Not a disease to be got rid of, but a capacity to...embrace? Tend? Dignify? All those things I think.
I'm really sorry for your loss, Luke. How long ago did your brother pass away? And thanks for sharing those thoughts from Adam Young. Definitely something to consider.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your cousin. Thank you for continuing to remind us that death and grief are a painfully inevitable part of love and community.
I’ve been pondering this same thing, too, Shawn--in the wake of losing my brother, with so many other griefs surrounding his loss, and in a season so overwhelmed with tons of little kids who I’m trying to help shepherd into the future.
Adam Young’s Podcast--the Place We Find Ourselves (great podcast)--is doing a 4-part series on “How to heal from sorrow and grief”...
it’s relevant and heavy and annoying and rich.
One thing he’s pointed out is how often the Bible describes God’s sorrow and grief...That our capacity to grieve is very much a facet of our being made in his image. Not a disease to be got rid of, but a capacity to...embrace? Tend? Dignify? All those things I think.
I'm really sorry for your loss, Luke. How long ago did your brother pass away? And thanks for sharing those thoughts from Adam Young. Definitely something to consider.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your cousin. Thank you for continuing to remind us that death and grief are a painfully inevitable part of love and community.