Griefshare is a Bible based, Christ-centered, Church sponsored grieving support group for adults. I discovered this group in Prescott when my grief over the death of my wife, Kathy, was overwhelming me. At Griefshare I felt safe and I felt familiar and I felt understood. Griefshare saved my life.
I found that there are local Griefshare groups in SA and that one local church was sponsoring a one time session on the loss of a spouse. So I signed up and I went. That was yesterday. It was a group of 6 women and 2 men and a nice man was the moderator. I was familiar with the concept but I had forgotten how strong and fresh and raw the emotions would be. Not just tears, though there were plenty of those. People in our group were very recent widows. One lady had not yet buried her husband's body yet. But we all had that common bond that someone we had loved and that we had married had died and their death had affected us deeply.
It is okay not to feel okay. Even for Pentecostals who believe in God's miraculous power we suffer loss and we grieve the death of those we love. Cliches and Bible verses carry no weight and have no balm of healing for the broken hearted griever.
I am glad that those awful, dark, confusing days of grieving are behind me. The only thing that seems to remain is the nagging loneliness that is unique to widows male and female.
I am glad that I went and that I was able to share my story.
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