There is an adage that time heals all wounds.
There are memes that say you will grieve forever.
Those words, in my opinion, do not help a grieving heart.
To imagine that you will feel your loss this deeply forever is a death sentence.
And yet, there’s something in us - or around us - that lies to us if we don’t feel our loss this deeply forever - then, did we really love?
Either way, death imprisons us.
Well, my dear friend, Jesus shattered the bonds — the chains — the prison cell — of death with His own.
His resurrection to life is proof that we need not be enslaved to grief for life.
We can grieve our loss as long as we need —
but our hearts need not remain an open wound.
You can allow Jesus to tend to your hurting heart,
to be near, to sit close.
In Isaiah, and again in Luke, the Messiah promises to tend to your broken heart.
Invite him to be near to you.
Open your heart to His healing.
…and over time, yes, indeed,
the gaping will slowly close.
Light will fuse,
light will infuse…
and those bars will disappear…
and the barbed wire will transform into wings.
You will become like your Healer:
though the scars remain, the pain will be eased
and joy will come.