Sorrow

My sorrow is beyond healing,
My heart is faint within me! Jeremiah 8:18

I think the two times I struggled most with sorrow in my life were when my dad died and when one of my best friends died. Definitely, my dad’s death was the hardest. I really did feel as the psalmist wrote that my sorrow was beyond healing and that my heart was faint within me.

I honestly don’t remember pulling out of it, but obviously I did. I know that how I feel was valid but I also can’t allow feelings to control my life. That was something that I didn’t know at the time. I felt my grief would overtake me and for a time I did allow it to.

Lord, thank You for holding me when my sorrow felt like it was beyond healing. Thank You for comforting me and allowing me to heal. Thank You for being my strength.