– “One thing I found to encourage me was to reach out and help other needful people” ~Shared by a Griever Sometimes in grief it is hard to believe that someone else may be suffering also. Perhaps they are not grieving, but just dealing with the hardships of life. One widower I know reached out in his grief to both honor his deceased loved one and to be a blessing to others. One of the traditions they enjoyed for many years was a Christmas cruise. This year he decided that he did not want to honor this tradition so instead he gave the same amount of money to a worthy charity that provided for needy families. Secondly, he chose to give the money he would have spent on his wife’s presents and decided to support a homeless shelter. Third he presented most of his wife’s jewelry to a women’s shelter for resale or for the residents themselves. Then he decided to actively participate in a community food pantry for the holidays. No, you may not have extra money to assist others, but you do have time that can be a blessing to others. It was once said “To give of your time in sorrow will lift your burden of grief.” No one would tell you that your pain and sorrow are going to be completely released, but I would encourage you that when the time is appropriate, to reach out to others in their pain and it will ease your hurt. Perhaps you have a lot of extra good clean items you can give to needy families, special mementos that you can give to other family members, extra furniture that a needy family would really appreciate, or if you like to cook, provide some needy family with holiday “goodies.” The entire chapter of Jeremiah 31 shares God’s blessings upon his people, and in verse 13b, is this thought: “…I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow…” - Fran Welch
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:00:01 +0000
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