The scariest of places is reserved as a mix of the emotions
of sadness, fear and surprise.
Unparalleled in human experience is the moment when life
renders to experience something very foreign. And although we won’t have a bar
of the idea that this is normal, given what’s occurred, because, how could this be normal when I’ve never
experienced anything like it before? — it is normal, given what’s happened.
Life overwhelms us to the maximum — and beyond — of our capacity
to cope, at least once in life. And we’re wise to allow life to do that, given
what’s taken place. Then we find that one time when we’re overwhelmed, that
that time becomes a season.
Grief is like that. It takes us out of our own control, even
though we fight to remain in control. We may wonder how callous God is to allow
such a living torment to take place. Well, what we’ve lost is love; a central part
of our identity, psyche, memory, past.
But God is making something very special out of the
experiences of being overwhelmed. He is performing open heart surgery and it
feels like the anaesthetic has worn off. Some things God wants for us can’t be
learned when we’re in control. His will is for us to completely surrender our
will for His, and He can only get us there when we’re broken. Being overwhelmed
breaks us for a time. But He is putting us back together.
Although it feels harsh, this grief is set to prepare us for
future iterations of hardship, in making them more manageable, for grief
matures us, though we hate it in the process.
The promise is this: don’t despise the present hardship, for
this hardship presents us with the opportunity to grow. God knows we cannot
grow unless we’re made by our circumstances to grow. Therefore, surrender is
essential for growing in God.
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