Coping With Death & Grief as a BelieverSample

It has been said that we should never make permanent decisions based on temporary emotions because feelings can change quickly and frequently. Have you ever had a difficult day and you open an email, snail mail, or text message that suddenly changed your whole mood? You were feeling down in the dumps and now instantly you feel like you’re walking on sunshine. Even in normal circumstances, how we feel at any given moment can change numerous times throughout the day, but adding grief into the equation can make you feel like you are riding on a nonstop, emotional roller coaster that refuses to let you off. You may feel jovial one minute and utterly devastated the next, laughing one day and crying uncontrollably the following day. Don't deny your feelings but certainly don’t set up residence in them either.

As various emotions occur, take the time to learn what triggered them. Was it a picture, a scent, a holiday, a seemingly random thought, or was it someone else’s tragedy that caused you to become fixated on your trauma? Then, identify the physical components that are happening. Do you have headaches, nausea, dizziness, panic, insomnia, or some other physical ailment? In addition to an emotional response, coping with grief can also prompt a physical response as well. Grief is better managed when you have deeper insight into what you are experiencing and how it can work against you. Loss and grief are a part of life, but God has provided us with emotional, mental, physical, social, and spiritual remedies to work through our grief. Although what you need may change from day to day, find a solution that works for you.

There are some situations that God simply will not remove; we will have to lean and depend upon Him to help us navigate through them. I do not claim to know the thoughts of the Lord, but in many of the recent world events, I believe God is trying to transition our outlook on loss and grief. The Lord wants to recondition our thought processes to understand that a loss in the natural can still be a win in the spiritual. We could lose all of our natural possessions, but when we walk away from that experience with our faith and belief intact, THAT IS A VICTORY! We could experience devastating setbacks, but when we come out of that predicament with a stronger dependency on God, THAT IS A REAL WIN!

Life is challenging and complicated and exhausting, but when we are delivered out of any issue and yet maintain spiritual growth, it is a loss for the adversary and A TRIUMPH FOR THE KINGDOM! You may have lost a loved one, you may have lost a job, you may be dealing with financial instability, but as long as you stay with God, I promise you, YOU STILL HAVE THE VICTORY!!!