Why Did You Allow This to Happen God? (part one-Answers for Grief)

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. He rescues those whose spirits are crushed. Psalm 34:18

Grief. Something that we all have at one time or another. There are many kinds of it. Loss of a job. Loss of a relationship that has broken up. Loss of a home that we had. Loss of a cherished pet. I have heard people say that getting a divorce is almost like losing someone to death, for those that really loved the person that is divorcing them. I think that. the greatest grief of all is probably for most people, the loss of a loved one to death. It can become so debilitating that we can't get out of bed for days, weeks or maybe months. Or even years.
My son married into a family where his wife's brother was killed when he was sixteen. It was an accident-one of those freak things where he was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

His mother was so devasted that she took to her bed. Doctors prescribed medication for her but for years she grieved over her loss until the day that she herself passed, just a couple of years ago. She was never able to move on with life. And frankly, she did not want to. She couldn't get back what had been taken from her.

Why couldn't she get passed it? Her heart was broken for sure. And though I am sure there were times she cried out to God, she just could not go on. Did he not hear her cries? Did he not care for her?

And why did God allow grief to come into the world in the first place? We are taught as children in Sunday School that God is love. Where is his love when we are all consumed in this terrible darkness that some of us go through during those times?

Are you going through a season of grieving in your life? There are answers for you and I. God did allow grief to come upon us so that we are left floundering in an ocean without a life jacket. He is who we need if we dare let him. Come back tomorrow and I will share more on the questions above and what we can do during those times when we are devasted by the loss of something or someone that we love. Thanks for your visit and be blessed!