KykNET Lent Guide 2023Sample

Week 3: Grieve

Day 4: So much to Mourn

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matt 5:4 NIV

We suffer so many losses in this life. We lose people in death. There are relationships that come to an end as friendships fall apart. There are marriages in which we feel that we are growing apart. There are children who become alienated from their parents as they start to walk their own path or simply become too busy. There is a love we so desperately want that we simply can’t get, that we become obsessive about. Then there are the unrealised dreams or the dreams that don’t turn out as we had hoped. There are job opportunities we lose out on.

Every honeymoon we go on – whether a marriage, job opportunity, a new place to stay, or whatever – comes to an end. There are also the aspects surrounding ourselves that we should mourn. Our own inability to do something that we should have known how to do. Our negligence in doing what we should have done. Our unfaithfulness. The pain we caused with our words, the things we did to those closest to us. Our sins.

The biggest work we are to do is to mourn. It is not the only thing we need to do, but it cannot be passed over. We need to find our own path. It is not a simple task, there is no real formula and each of us needs to find our own way to do it.

Exercise:

Is there anything mentioned above that you are wondering about, perhaps realising that you are ignoring it or deem it unimportant? Take some time to reflect on this and speak to Him about it.

Repetition Prayer:

Lord, I ask for the grace of tears, to mourn my losses.