tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726536121705348768.post4495686527699882901..comments2023-07-30T07:07:47.008-07:00Comments on Mind Change Moments: Processing a LossMIND CHANGE MOMENTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10582586535182162112noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726536121705348768.post-85437182423224997142014-10-16T11:09:30.291-07:002014-10-16T11:09:30.291-07:00Tom, the heaviness of your heart is evident in you...Tom, the heaviness of your heart is evident in your words. It seems an unjust curse that those who care the most for others must experience so much pain at their passing while those who shut away their hearts seemingly insulate themselves from such agony. But the Father did not intend us to so guard ourselves. On the contrary, it seems to be His strange, yet divine, plan that we all experience the misery of loss while in this life. Why is this cruel inevitability written into our human story? I do not know other than perhaps it is a way to better understand His heart, or maybe a vehicle by which to draw closer to Him out of a broken spirit. Whatever the reason, I believe that suffering allows us a special bond with our fellow man that can only be forged though empathy. That being said, I am saddened to hear of the loss of your friend. You & his family will be in my prayers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09281073863216420404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726536121705348768.post-65970997625648781982014-10-13T19:10:09.351-07:002014-10-13T19:10:09.351-07:00Tom, what a touching entre. Thank you for sharing,...Tom, what a touching entre. Thank you for sharing, I am sure it must be hard. We all have gone through and will go through a loss in our lives. May God and Jesus be our strength and the one to cry out to. Your in my prayers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07790521834182525899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726536121705348768.post-57610580597016195552014-10-13T06:13:38.634-07:002014-10-13T06:13:38.634-07:00With the support of my immediate family and a wond...With the support of my immediate family and a wonderful disciple life coach I am healing from the loss of my father last year, and the anticipated loss of my mother in the near future. Grief is numbing at first and it is overwhelming to try to process all of the stuff fighting to get to the surface at the same time. I'm sure there was something about this person that resonated deeply with you, and also with your issues with loss, etc. You may want to search out these things and meditate on them. It would give substance to your grief and then let you grieve with the family who lost him. I would think that would honor his memory and would support the family's grief as well. 2 Cor. 1:2-4! (It is about you too!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03120939036556184015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726536121705348768.post-51231623465193812572014-10-13T02:34:18.753-07:002014-10-13T02:34:18.753-07:00Sorry Tom, not sure if you received my comment so ...Sorry Tom, not sure if you received my comment so will send it again.<br /><br />Sometimes those who give selflessly to others need to be given to. Last week a sister who is well known to be a "giving" sister came over to visit my wife. Unfortunately, Nancy has a long term health condition which causes a very deep depression and yet when this sister came over my wife gave so much that this sister commented that she came expecting to be giving only to be given to. Tom, you have given so much and I just want to say how much we appreciate you and love you. You do not know me personally, yet you have had such an impact on so many. Thank youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02600075407238275301noreply@blogger.com