We’re
in a season of transition. The old leaders are being replaced by new leaders:
we knew that was coming, though we may not have considered that the old leaders
might be going home in the process. In addition, the battle has been heating up
for a while, and more warriors, more bystanders, are getting hit by an
increasingly desperate devil.
As
a result, there are a lot of us still in the battle who are grieving: for
fallen brothers & sisters, dying fathers & mothers, wounded family
members, and more. (There is a reason someone said, “War is hell.”)
I
felt the Lord warn me this morning: Son, grieving is a good thing; it’s a good
and healthy response to fallen comrades. But Son, watch out for the
counterfeit: sometimes sadness slips in and the enemy tells you that you’re
grieving.
Grieving
is a process, and being sad is part of that healthy process. But it’s not hard
to get stuck in just the sadness, and then the process stops. Instead of moving
on, of resolving into healing, sadness just sits there; the longer we stay in the
stationary place of sadness, the more difficult it is to choose to move beyond
it.
The result of healthy grieving is healing. If we don’t see the process heading towards healing, we might have lost our way, and we may need help finding it again. Don't be afraid to ask for that help.
If
we don’t keep moving through the grief process, if we get stuck in sadness,
then sadness wants to bring forth fruits of bitterness, or of depression, or of
some other unhealthy bondage and keep us in chains. The result of a derailed grieving is bondage, and nobody but the evil one wants us in bondage.
Grieve,
brothers & sisters! Weep where you need to: even Jesus wept when his friend
died. But guard against getting stuck along the way.
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