I Will Comfort You

Have you ever lost someone that you love? Whether by death or even by divorce? We all do at sometime or another. And as the years roll on, death comes to everyone more and more.

There are teachings in some churches, that we should not grieve or be sad.

Here we have another false teaching.

If it were true, why all the scripture on the comfort God gives? Here are a few....

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Mathew 5:4

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. Psalm 34:18

Come unto me all you that are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Mathew 11:28

And consider this one...

...there is a time to laugh and cry, a time to mourn and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3:4

Jesus himself wept. John 11:35  And he did so in two other verses.

If  there were no reason to mourn or cry, they would not be important to God and therefore
would not be in the bible at all.

God does comfort us when we are sad. No matter what kind sadness we are having. 2 Corinthians 1:3

So what can we do when we are grieving?

We can...

1 Have a good to cry. Crying gives us a good release which helps us feel better. And it is ok  to cry out to God for help. He won't be insulted. And is not surprised or mad when we do. Not only that, he already knows how deeply hurt we are

2 understand that it is normal and do not let someone tell us it is not normal and we should just get on with life.

3  Talk to friends, family or a minister. Let them know how you are feeling if you can trust them to help you by listening, and offering to help you.

4 take care of your self through eating right, sleeping enough, supersizing

5 Know that time usually takes care of itself. Life gets easier at some point.

6 As much as possible, think on the good things you had with this person instead of their death.

7 Read the scriptures that God gave us in his love notes, about how he comforts us.

These and other ways of dealing with this subject can help getting you through a time of mourning. God is at always at the ready to give you the comfort you need  However, if you are getting at the place that you can't take it anymore, tell someone so that they can get you help. Don't go it alone.

God has given so many ways that he loves and comforts us. Again, why would he give us comfort if we did not need it. Life is hard sometimes. And he wants us to call on him in our distress

Thanks for coming by today Friends. God bless  you and yours!

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