Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Suffering

This past week has been a bit of a blur for us as we have been grieving with a close friend who suddenly lost her husband (31) last Wednesday morning. We are grieving over the loss of a good friend, while our hearts are broken for his precious wife and 3 young children. We long to "do something," while knowing that the best thing we can do is to be faithful in prayer and in friendship day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.

I have been reading much on the subject of comforting those who are suffering and understanding what they need in their time of tragedy. I found this article on a friend's blog this afternoon. It is well worth reading.

More Things Not to Say to Those Who are Suffering | CCEF

Ammendment:

Here are two more links from a friend's blog.

Grief 101
Grief 102

1 comment:

Becky Frame said...

Good article. Its companion article is good too, a few posts back on that blog.

That's been one of the most interesting parts of grief. The sweet, well-meaning, bumbling comforters. :)

I'm also intrigued by how many people want to give me grieving instructions. Just what I need. (Ha ha.)

But one of the miracles of being carried through this time is watching God give me the strength to respond graciously. We give Him praise.