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Grief

grief /ɡrēf/ noun the anguish experienced as a result of a significant loss. Defining Grief Grief, by a more psychological standpoint, is the anguish experienced as a result of a significant loss . We attribute grief mostly to the death of a loved one. That's generally gonna be the source of the heaviest form of grief, but loss doesn't always mean death.  Let's break that definition down into the three defining parts. Anguish refers to severe mental pain or suffering. Pain is a pretty complicated concept on it's own, and you can refer to my series on pain to understand more about what it can tell us about our mental/emotional wounds. In short though, a good question to ask then, is when we feel all of the emotions that come with grief – which emotions are honest emotions? The word significant implies that it's had an impact on us – life looks different after we've lost the object of our grief. This is something that I'll go into more later. In short, ...

Psalm 34:18 – Crushed in Spirit

 "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18 We're made to be breakable, and only God can put us back together. The walk with Christ doesn't always feel great. Sometimes it even feels unbearable. Somedays it feels more difficult to draw near to God. We're broken people, and God has a way of putting people in situations that show them how sin and idols can become everything to us. When they're taken away, it can feel like we lose everything - because we made them everything. Even if we try to experience them along with God, we can make him the 3rd friend walking behind us on the sidewalk that's too narrow. Let's spit out a few truths, just to make sure I'm on the same page with anyone reading this. Temporary things give us pleasure. God gives us joy. We're hard-wired to prefer pleasure over joy - that's our default setting. Our idols build us up. They also tear us down. God meets us where w...