Saying Goodbye
Read: Romans 6:5-11
The hardest times are saying goodbye – even to pets, but especially to people we love.
Sometimes it seems overwhelming – OK, really it's pretty much always overwhelming – but sometimes we can get past that feeling of drowning or dehydrating.
OK, really it's pretty much always that we can get past it – but only by going through it.
We go through it by knowing where they are now. “He's in a better place” doesn't begin to tell the Truth of it.
We go through it by remembering who they were in our lives.
We also go through it by making new memories on the way to acceptance. It might be a wake or party with family and friends, but it might be something as simple as having a fun time on the way to say goodbye. It could be something as profound as sharing memories with family who share memories with us. Then again, it could be something as simple as counting the Waffle Houses on the way to Florida and back, making new memories to share in the future.
But – it always comes back to who we remember, and Whose we remember them to be. When our loved ones are in the hands of God, held in the loving embrace of Jesus, we can get through it all because that's where we are too.
Charlie van Becelaere
Read: Romans 6:5-11
The hardest times are saying goodbye – even to pets, but especially to people we love.
Sometimes it seems overwhelming – OK, really it's pretty much always overwhelming – but sometimes we can get past that feeling of drowning or dehydrating.
OK, really it's pretty much always that we can get past it – but only by going through it.
We go through it by knowing where they are now. “He's in a better place” doesn't begin to tell the Truth of it.
We go through it by remembering who they were in our lives.
We also go through it by making new memories on the way to acceptance. It might be a wake or party with family and friends, but it might be something as simple as having a fun time on the way to say goodbye. It could be something as profound as sharing memories with family who share memories with us. Then again, it could be something as simple as counting the Waffle Houses on the way to Florida and back, making new memories to share in the future.
But – it always comes back to who we remember, and Whose we remember them to be. When our loved ones are in the hands of God, held in the loving embrace of Jesus, we can get through it all because that's where we are too.
Charlie van Becelaere
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