To experience the loss of someone, something or both like Job (Job 1) can be a wrecking ball to the heart or an emotional tsunami. Memories once shared with either the person or that object suddenly floods in and you hold on to them like treasures in a chest or safe. And if you are fond of that person/object you start missing the absence of it.
Mostly, if it’s the death of a loved one or someone close, we start to grief. For some, the time frame is short, whilst others take long and yet some others a bit longer. Either way, grieving is not controlled because it’s a display of emotional, mental or physical suffering experienced after a loss, (be it a life, marriage, object, job or news of a terminal ailment). The way we also handle this differs. For some it is through weeping and loud wailing, for others, it may be the rendering of their clothes, or through fasting and keeping silent, some pour out their heart and lament, some accept the loss with hope in God, others put on sack cloth and pour ashes on themselves, just to mention a few.
Referencing Job again in Chapter 1, we can see that despite all the loss and the news getting to him all in one day,he never blamed, accused or spoke against God.
Isaiah 53:4 (AMPC) says
[4] Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].
Jesus is being referenced has the grief Carrier. God cares for you and I so much that He sent Jesus to CARRY our griefs – meaning no matter what the grief may be or how hurting it is, Christ has the capacity to carry it if us, we’re meant to submit to him and allow him carry it for us, Glory to God!.
No one is permitted to carry their griefs alone, Jesus Christ is willing to carry the burden for us. And he isn’t just carry it when the loss occurred, no, he carried it over 2000 years ago when he lay down his life as a lamb (Rev 12).
Since it’s already been established that grieving can’t be controlled outside of Christ, the best option is to learn to Trust God, Rely on Him, Lean on Him and you will be HELPED, that’s exactly what Job did and also one of the reasons Jesus Christ came to the world. So, why carry it when a carrier has already been provided for? Allow him carry it and REBUILD you, whilst you experience peace that surpasses all human understanding.
Shalom 🕊️
Bimpe Lawal