Grieving With Hope Sample

God With Us 

We won’t always understand the will of God. His ways and thoughts supersede ours every single time. We won’t always like God’s will, either. Because our longings are unfulfilled and when grief lands on our doorstep, we certainly don’t like that. 

In our grief, we get utterly disappointed. Disappointed with people, situations, and yes, even with God. We often don’t want to voice that, but honestly, it’s how we feel sometimes. We desired a particular outcome, and because He’s the God of the universe, we knew He could make it happen. But He didn’t. And we’re disappointed and wonder if He even cares. 

We have to remember that when we feel paralyzed in our grief and feel alone, God isn’t far away. Some think their pain means God is absent from them. He isn’t, and never will be.  He’s omnipresent, nearer than our breath, and His Spirit is our constant companion. He hasn’t left us to get through this intense pain alone. He is Immanuel, God with us. 

• He doesn’t expect us to walk through the “valley of the shadow of death” on our own (Psalm 23:4 NIV)—He’s carrying us through it. 
• He doesn’t require that we have our own strength but to know that “He is our strength” (Habakkuk 3:19 NIV)—He’s supplying us with it. 
• He doesn’t demand that we muster up our own source of understanding but to “trust in the Lord with all our hearts” (Proverbs 3:5 NIV)—He’s guiding us as we go.

Even when our pain seems to have a death-grip on our hearts, we can still grieve with hope. The hope we have knowing that this earth isn’t our home and that one day we’ll never experience any emotional, physical, or spiritual darkness again. For we’ll be with Jesus.