Mon, Aug 6, 2007
The Pain of Loss
For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
COMMON RESPONSES TO LOSS
COMMON RESPONSES TO LOSS
- SOME IGNORE THE PAIN.
- SOME BLAME OTHERS.
- SOME WITHDRAW.
- INSTEAD OF IGNORING, I WILL FACE IT HONESTLY.
- INSTEAD OF BLAMING, I WILL TRUST GOD.
- INSTEAD OF WITHDRAWING, I WILL SHARE MY PAIN.
HEALING FROM LOSS
David noticed that his servants were whispering among themselves and he realized the child was dead. "Is the child dead?" he asked. "Yes," they replied, "he is dead."
NAME THE LOSS:
Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba...
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, tha
2 Samuel 12:19-20, 2 Samuel 12:24, Psalm 38:17, Proverbs 3:5-6, Galatians 6:2 and Philippians 3:7-8