SUDDENLY it happens.
You didn’t plan it
because it wasn't even a thought in your head.
But it happens SUDDENLY!
I just heard about a friend
who GOD brought home
SUDDENLY.
GOD knew,
but his wife and his son did not know.
SUDDENLY
here
and
then
SUDDENLY with the LORD.
Oh the "SUDDENLIES" of life
hit us all.
They come in all shapes and sizes.
The good and the not so good.
Home with the
LORD
is a good thing
for the one who is now in his real HOME,
yet not so good for those who are left behind
to go through the GRIEVING process.
Are you GRIEVING?
Is it GRIEVING a loss of a someone or a something
Is it GRIEVING a wish I had but I don't have?
Is it GRIEVING a promise that hasn't come into fruition?
Is it GRIEVING a _____________?
As no one is exempt from GRIEVING.
And with GRIEVING
you will MAKE TEARS.
"I MADE TEARS"
are the words spoken from
the mouth of our precious grandson
after his first day of pre-school,
as he was missing his mommy & daddy
TO MAKE TEARS~
the release of your heart cries
of what you are deeply feeling in the moment.
TO MAKE TEARS~
To feel the pain, the anguish, the sorrow & grief
and just let it flow.
For JESUS MADE TEARS~
"JESUS WEPT" (John 11:35).
Yup.
The shortest verse in the bible,
yet so powerful
because
THE ONE
who is our strength in the midst of our weakness
feels our weakness
because
JESUS MADE TEARS.
HIS heart bled with GRIEF,
after speaking with
the GRIEVING sisters,
Mary and Martha,
of Lazarus
who had died.
“JESUS WEPT”
and
JESUS WEPT again on the cross~
JESUS cried out with a loud voice, saying,
“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “MY GOD MY GOD ,
why have YOU forsaken ME?” (Matthew 27:46)
And JESUS WEPT tears of blood~
"And being in agony, HE prayed more earnestly.
Then HIS sweat became like great drops of blood
falling down to the ground" (Luke 22:44)
JESUS WEPT
because HE knew GRIEF~
"HE was despised and rejected—
a man of sorrows,
acquainted with deepest grief ..." (Isaiah 53:3).
JESUS WEEPS with you
and for you
because
HE
understands you
and
because HE feels you,
for that is why
JESUS came to earth,
to REDEEM all that is GRIEVED
so that there will be no more TEARS~
"HE will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away” (Revelation 21:4).
What if today you
FASTED
from GRIEVING alone,
by staying yoked to
THE ONE
who
WEPT
so HE could carry
ALL
your hurts,
ALL your pain,
ALL your sorrows,
ALL your "SUDDENLIES"
so that HE WILL SUDDENLY
fill you with HIS PEACE that transcends all understanding
because
JESUS not only understands your
GRIEF
but
"HE UNDERSTANDS YOUR TEARS"
(listen to the song below)