Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Your Hands
I have trouble I wish wasn't there
And I have asked a thousand ways
That You would take my pain away
That You would take my pain away
I am trying to understand
How to walk this weary land
Make straight the paths that crookedly lie
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
Oh Lord, before these feet of mine
When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands
When You walked upon the Earth
You healed the broken, lost, and hurt
I know You hate to see me cry
One day You will set all things right
Yea, one day You will set all things right
When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave Your hands
Your hands
Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still
Your hands that shape the world
Are holding me, they hold me still
When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave You when...
When my world is shaking
Heaven stands
When my heart is breaking
I never leave...
I never leave Your hands
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Support From Others
Author Unknown
Don’t tell me that you understand.
Don’t tell me that you know.
Don’t tell me that I will survive,
How I will surely grow.
Don’t come at me with answers
That can only come from me.
Don’t tell me how my grief will pass,
That I will soon be free.
Accept me in my ups and downs.
I need someone to share.
Just hold my hand and let me cry
And say, “My friend, I care.”
Grieving a loss can be a tricky thing
the pain of loss
Grieving a loss can be a tricky thing. Whether it's a job, or a relationship, or a friend, losing something or someone that means a lot to you is so hard. We're all familiar with the stages of grief, but what's hardest when you're going through it is the way it can come back and hit you when you seem to be feeling Just Fine...
You know how it is. You're working through things. You've come to terms with the loss, you're facing reality. You're going to be Just Fine, really...
And then the pain comes back. In waves, sometimes, or maybe in a huge body blow that just takes you out. And you're stunned. Sometimes you cry, sometimes you just withdraw. Sometimes you just carry on and nobody is the wiser. But for whatever amount of time, the pain will win. You can't control it.
After awhile, you regain a bit of yourself and wonder, Why? How can that be happening when I'm doing So Much Better? In fact, I told several people today how I'm Just Fine. Why am I still being affected by this? How can this be happening?
Maybe it's because there's a part of us that fights the loss. Maybe this is the thing they call "denial"... but it stays there, longer than it should, longer than it's useful.... It fights reality. It says, This is Wrong... it's not fair! this loss, it's wrong - this shouldn't be. And yes, it's true, maybe it shouldn't, but that doesn't help. That piece of you that's in denial, it just allows that pain to come flooding back. It's the thing you have to let go of, in order to heal... but how do you let go? The memory of what has been, could have been, the things you loved... isn't it disrespectful to let go? How can I let it go....
and then the pain recedes... and you regain control... and everything's ok.
For now.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Need You In Sight
What is going on?
I don't understand...
Life without your presence...
Oh Papa, without you...
it's so hard to go on...
We need you most now,
Yet now...
It seems you're no where in sight...
Please, God...
we need our Papa in sight...
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