I am learning I cannot rush grief. It is a process. It is a necessary and painful process. I cannot skip through it nor deny it.
It is deep and profound. There are mysteries I may or may not understand this side of heaven. At times, the feeling of loss is overwhelming.
It is a process for which I must entrust to God. I have to remind myself to take any unresolved issues or re-opened wounds and lay them before the throne of Grace.
It is also an opportunity to continue learning to hold captive my thoughts and emotions when they start to wander. I am hurting. Though I am not alone. For I know I have an omniscient, omnipresent God who is acquainted with grief, pain and suffering. There in Him I find refuge, strength, and grace as I enter into this next chapter and grieve my father's passing.
