Grief...

Grief...the recognition of what was lost, stolen, or never given. Grief validates what you experienced, that you matter...and what happened to you mattered. Releasing the hurt and those that hurt you to Jesus... forgiving them. Then...His love will come in like a flood, crashing waves of His healing pouring into every chamber, crevice, and opening...shining His light of truth, making sure nothing is overlooked... filling up every area in you with His love, overflowing the sides and finally engulfing all of you. Until His love floods us, we are left in darkness...prisoners of our own lives...captives in our hurt-chained to past hurt and unable to completely live in the present. Acknowledging hurts, surrendering them to Jesus, forgiving those that imposed the hurt, then grieving is the only way to complete healing. (Joel 2:25, Rev 3:20, 2 Cor 3:17) 1/24/13CIFL-LMM