Bob was talking on his blog about the shooting at the mega church in the states. Just so happens my devotion today talks about grief. The main scripture reference is 1 Thess, 4:13-18, key verse 4:13, " I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those that have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope."
The story used in this devotion had to do with the plane crash on Nov 14, 1970 that took the lives of most of the Marshall University Football team. We recently saw this movie. It is called "We are Marshall". A true story, but like this shooting, the grief can be extremely painful and messy. Two of the people who lost loved ones in the plane crash were Paul Griffen and Annie Cantrell. Their story intertwined because Griffens son, Chris, was Annie's fiance. When Chris died, their lives were plunged into a year of pain that seemed unbearable. Why? Because, as Paul told Annie in the movie, " Grief is messy".
The whole point of the devotion was to point out that as Christians there is something beyond the tears, pain and loss. There is hope! Loss and death are a part of life, but believers can face them, knowing Christians never say goodbye for the last time. We can comfort one another with the hope of the resurrection and a future reunion.
Because Christ lives, death is not tragedy but triumph!
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"Grief is messy."
That's a very good quote. Even with all the hope we have as Christians, even when we are surrounded by friends and family, grief is still difficult and messy and awkward. And that's OK. We don't need to tidy it up, right?
By the way - great blog Doug! I haven't had a chance to put your link on mine, but I will.
Thanks Patti. Right!
Thanks for the encouragement. That means allot to me coming from you. You are kind of like my blog mentor! I know you are busy and you will get around to things when you can.
Sometime I need to get you to show me how to put pictures on the blog.
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