(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 MKJV) To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heavens: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pull up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Losing something that is dear to us is painful whether it is a loved one, a relationship, or career. Change is never easy and God understands our grief He has felt loss too. When His Son Jesus died on the cross, while it was still morning darkness came over the whole land. (Matthew 27:45-46 MKJV) “And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?”
God says there is a time for grieving. Through allowing your heart to feel the weight of loss God ushers in healing, if we will allow Him in. We have to trust God beyond what our eyes tell us, beyond what our mind says – God is good all the time! Will ultimately trust Him with eternity but do we trust Him in the now? I am reminded that this life is temporary and if I am tested now it is because something greater awaits me. Will I pass the test or will I turn from God and lose my way?
(Deuteronomy 34:7-8 MKJV) “And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor had he lost any of his natural strength. And the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. And the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.”
(Psalms 147:3 MKJV) He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds.
God is everlasting and His days have no end! Place your trust in Him and be made whole. (Romans 8:28 MKJV) “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
