HOW TO HANDLE GRIEF RATHER THAN LETTING IT HANDLE YOU

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It is good to remember that when you weep it is because the object of your grief brought you such joy. And in gaining such an insight whisper the truth of it to your soul.

And do not forget to send your heart on the vehicle of prayer toward heaven for that is where you healing will take place.
 

There is a throne of grace and it awaits your coming.
And do not hold back your tears for they water your spiritual courage and cause it to grow.
 

I like the way a thinker whose name I have forgotten put it, “Do not clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.”
And, oh yes, for simple but really profound things to do…
“…prod yourself with the warmth of otherness; make friends and forgive enemies while forgiving what you should never have let yourself be bothered by in the first place.


Print the word FORGIVE across all the avenues of your mind. Anger and grief are a deadly mixture.


Grief increases all emotions and each must be dealt with an overcome.


Watch a funny movie. Read a funny book. Laugh at a funny cartoon. It is a prescription from the book of Proverbs, “The cheerful heart is good medicine.” (Proverbs 17:22)

Grief hurts. It is a knife that cuts and rips and slashes and makes us cry out in terrible pain. It is an agony of the soul. When it comes, we feel out of control.

All of us have experienced it for one reason or the other: death, terrible sickness in our own bodies or the bodies of those we love, divorce, the loss of a career. It comes in different guises, but in some form it always comes to everyone. It always does.


How best then can we deal with this emotional winter storm? This ripping and tearing at our stability. Some weep until there are no more tears left to cry with. Some try to drown their sorrow in a bottle or the impact of a pill. Some try to repress their heartache and, like a kettle with no escape valve, eventually explode.

But some…some take their wounded selves to God. And there, before the compassionate throne of grace, cry out, “Dear Lord, let them debate the psychology of loss in the classroom, trying philosophically to dissect it - I am beyond that. I ask now only for Your special solace.”
 

And here are a few how’s to think about.
 

Take a good spiritual inventory. Consider how often you pray and the strength of your prayers.

Do you speak with God only if you have problems? Or do you share your happiness with Him, also?
 

What do you believe? What do you doubt? And be honest with your answers. Then ask yourself, “What do I feed my soul?” Does your diet of habits and concerns make it sick or well, or loitering with luke-warmness.
 

And prod yourself with the warmth of otherness; make friends and forgive enemies while forgiving what you should never have let yourself be bothered by in the first place.


Print the word FORGIVE across all the avenues of your mind. Anger and grief are a deadly mixture.
Watch a funny movie. Read a funny book. Laugh at a funny cartoon. It is a prescription from the book of Proverbs, “The cheerful heart is good medicine.” (Proverbs 17:22)
What I am saying is I hope obvious. Go for the gusto in mind, body and spirit and it pays off.
 

But when you have done all you can, in ever way you can to solve a problem or pain, don’t beat your head bloody and your soul ragged continuing after the impossible.
 

Learn to finally say and mean, “Thy will be done, Lord. Thy will be done.”
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BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM A SERIES entitled ANGER IS A KILLER.CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL below to reach this Wyrick’s Writings site

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“Do you enjoy visiting friends? More than likely you’re thinking, Preacher, of course, I do.

Now let me ask the other side of the coin - Do you enjoy visiting enemies? No?


Well, I know you must enjoy visiting at least one enemy because, like myself, you probably visit this one quite often. Unfortunately, we all …visit this enemy…whose name is anger.

Some visit anger seldom . Some on a regular basis. And during those visits, some spew and others stew.”
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