5 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. ~ Psalms 126:5NIV
For 7 years I’ve cried and mourned the death of a very close loved one. Her heavenly birthday became a day of deep dark depression that would turn into a week-long. If not longer. But this year, I just feel different. The sadness of missing her is still there, but the heaviness isn’t.
I think I’ve allowed myself to actually mourn. To finally allow myself to let go of the pain. Pain is a really weird emotion because it often comes with a lie. The lie that if you don’t give into pain, then somehow you aren’t honoring their memory. If you keep moving forward in life, then you’re somehow acting as if they don’t matter. But that’s not true. Life is never supposed to solely revolve around those who have passed. Yes, we are to remember them. But life is for the living. It’s for us to do as much as we can while we can.
We’re all born to die. That’s the path of this life, but when we have Christ, it doesn’t end there. It doesn’t end with just death. To die is to gain, because we are united to our LORD, Savior, our God. We are also reunited to saved loved ones who have gone on to be with Christ before us.
Yes, mourning is necessary, but prolonged pain and suffering isn’t. It’s okay to move forward with your life. You’re not forgetting them. They wouldn’t want you frozen in time with them. They’d want you to live out your life following the plan God has for you.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Keep Moving Forward.