If anybody's reading this, what quote or verse or passage do you find comfort in? In times of grief is there a song verse, Bible verse or poem that you look to? Whether you're a bereaved parent, you've buried a grandparent or a pet, what helps you grieve?
I have many, many, many that I love. I can remember reading 23rd Psalms several hundred times as I was in labor with Keely. Lines in many songs ring close to my heart: Dashboard Confessional's line "my heart is sturdy but it needs you to survive" is one.
A verse close to, if not at, the top of my list is Psalm 4:8.
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These lines by Mary Oliver, that a friend sent in one of the first sympathy cards I received have always stuck with me:
ReplyDelete"To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go."
I also love the poem
"The thing is" by Ellen Bass, which you can read here: http://happy-sadmama.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-dont-know-how-you-did-it-some-people.html
Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God Psalm 42:11 GNT (Goodnews translation),..... And I am sorry for your loss! I don't know how it feels and I won't understand, but what I do understand is God gives beauty for ashes, The Garment of Praise over the spirit of heaviiness... Godbless you Jesus Loves You... i Don't know you but I will Pray for You!
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