Faith & Moving Through Grief
You can’t. What you don’t do now, you will, in some form face later. You can convince yourself that you are moving through it quickly… or maybe missing it entirely, but months or years later you will find yourself being pushed back against a wall you can’t define. The most likely symptoms will be unexplained anger, resentment and alcohol/prescription drug abuse.
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Where are all of Those People who Called Themselves my Friends?
There will always be those who include you solo as well as in couples’ events, and there will be others who will pull away entirely.
Try to understand that some people unwittingly disconnect because they can’t face the potential loss of their own partner.
Try to understand that some people unwittingly disconnect because they can’t face the potential loss of their own partner.
Does Faith Help with the Grief Process?
In almost all circumstances the subject of faith is part of the grieving process - but not always as one would expect. Suffering the loss of a loved one can destroy one person’s faith and deepen another’s.
There are those who turn their backs on God because they feel He has failed to protect their loved ones, and those who attempt to subordinate their grief to being grateful that God has taken their loved ones to a better place. This attempt to not grieve out of gratitude often delays and complicates the despair they will eventually have to work through.
Lastly there are those of no faith who, with hearts cracked open, become aware of the palpable stillness that lies under the body, the mind and the emotions and, with time, these individuals develop a personal relationship with what they can’t touch or see… “that grace that is given to each of us when we make room for it… that pulls us inward and urges us to search for our connectedness to a higher power” (Catherine Saunders, Surviving Grief,1992).
There are those who turn their backs on God because they feel He has failed to protect their loved ones, and those who attempt to subordinate their grief to being grateful that God has taken their loved ones to a better place. This attempt to not grieve out of gratitude often delays and complicates the despair they will eventually have to work through.
Lastly there are those of no faith who, with hearts cracked open, become aware of the palpable stillness that lies under the body, the mind and the emotions and, with time, these individuals develop a personal relationship with what they can’t touch or see… “that grace that is given to each of us when we make room for it… that pulls us inward and urges us to search for our connectedness to a higher power” (Catherine Saunders, Surviving Grief,1992).