How do you feel Lord?
When one of you children,
falls to the depths
of sickness disease.
How do you feel Lord?
When cancer destroys,
One of your dear ones,
Lord how do you feel?
Is it with mixed emotions
you take them to heaven
knowing the heartache,
others have as they go?
Or is it celebration,
when they bow before Jesus?
How do you feel Lord?
When we let them go?
------------------- written 2006 - LarryG
I remember deciding that when we mourn he mourns,
when we cry he too cries,
and his presence brings a comforting peace along
with the empathy and sympathy he brings. - Larry
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. ~Psalm 31:24 KJV
How do 'you' feel?
13 comments:
...i don't know. i feel both, i suppose, the anger for taking, the grace for have been taken. i don't do death well at all......
you make a compelling point. i don't think i would try to understand "why", i would be angry. i think i would try to feel "relief" if they were suffering. i would have to find some kind of reconciliation within myself.
i liked the post Larry -- the picture is beautiful. :-)
Larry
As a woman who has experienced many losses of loved ones,this lets me know how likely it is you have experienced these losses.Please forgive me if I tread
on painful ground.
I have come to believe, I surely know I could be wrong, that there is an inner circle with these kind of understandings that cannot be known by one who has not experienced this level of loss.
It takes so much courage to just
keep walking through this. I am asking myself if I ever got to the point of wondering how God felt. I was just so caught up in keeping walking.
You are a lovely soul here and I appreciate your writing and I send a prayer of well being for your journey..
Linda
I'm lucky never to have lost a close loved one, though I'm hoping I would handle it with grace & acceptance...
Perfectly, beautifully said.
I have to feel the same way you do or I would sink into such a dark angry despair, I would be useful to no one - my kids, husband, friends, students, and particularly myself.
blessings*be well
Well, I guess it all depends on individual beliefs. I feel the moment we let go of the hurt and bitterness, then the healing process can begin and we will then be able to continue on with our own life’s journey.
{hugs} to you Larry :)
i love that flying without wings song, Larry. thank you ♥
this was a beautiful and introspective piece, thank you for sharing it.
I think we become part of everyone we meet, I have been having some really powerful dreams this week, its like there is someone here with me giving me strength, what a week, each one is so different.
Glads to be your cyberfriend
I have tears in my eyes. This is so beautiful.
I guess for me, loss is a process...stages - I guess the final one being acceptance...trying to understand the inexplicable is the hardest for me..I always want to know why.
That kind of reminds me of John 11. (Lazarus.) He (Christ) knew that he would raise Lazarus from the dead. But seeing Mary and the others crying because of his death caused him to weep.
He feels what we feel.
Flippin' awesome poem buddy. :]
Hope your Valentine's Day included many small pleasures
Linda
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