Have you ever been in an encouraging group?
I love this new facebook group I was invited to join.
They have many groups for many women through the (in)courage website.
We are senior women with life after 50 homes.
It is a good place to be.
I will look forward to meeting the ladies and write them encouraging notes.
In this busy crazy world we live in it is always good to connect with others.
I continue to pray that you will feel the arms of the Father holding you close.
~Adrienne~
Let yourself grieve and mourn. That's a lot of loss to go through all at once.
one line today, particularly caught my attention: What does it feel like to let your heart fully 'hurt'?
I read a post from Saddleback Church Blessed are those who have the courage to mourn, for they shall be comforted. To get God’s blessing you’ve got to acknowledge the losses.
I have unmourned grief- Unhealthy reactions to loss: repression and suppression.
Repression- unconsciously try to block painful thoughts from my mind.
Suppression is when I do this consciously
I’m not going to think about that pain- I’m just going to move forward.
To NOT grieve losses is a mistake. Grief is God’s gift of getting us through the transitions of life.
If I don’t LET it out in healthy ways, I’m going to ACT it out in unhealthy ways.
When I “swallow” my grief, my body rejects it.
God never intends for us to keep emotions bottled up inside of us.
You have to choose to enter into it.
Why? Because grief is healthy
That was from Rick Warren- My Mum died, and it's hard for me to mourn her because we had such a difficult relationship. I like what Elizabeth has said: Let yourself grieve and mourn- but sometimes it's hard. I for one, need help to know how to 🙂