how do
i let go of grief? there’s a story in 2
samuel 12 about david. it’s a story that
tells us how to let go of grief. david
had a illegitimate child by bathsheba.
he took another man’s wife and had her husband killed. it was a sin. she became pregnant and bore a son and the son
became very, very sick. david, it says
that he laid himself out on the ground and prayed for days, “GOD, save this
child! spare the child!” he fasted and prayed and wept. and the child died. we don’t always get everything we pray
for. we looked at this story a few weeks
ago.
2
samuel 12.16 & 18 (niv), david
pleaded with GOD for the child and he fasted and he went into his house and he
spent nights lying on the ground. but on
the seventh day the child died.
david
did some things when the child died. it
is the same things you need to do to let go of grief.
#1. accept
what cannot be changed. that’s
the first thing david did. he accepted
what could not be changed.
2 samuel
12.22 (niv), then david got up from the ground.
he said, “while the child was still alive, i fasted and wept, but now
that he is dead, why should i fast? can
i bring him back to life?”
“no.” david said, while there was a chance i prayed
and wept but now he’s dead. and i’ve got
to get on with life. he accepted what
could not be changed.
many of
you are in pain now from events that happened years and years ago. the key to your piece of mind is in one word
– acceptance. acceptance of GOD’s will
in your life. GOD does not have a plan b
for your life! there is only plan
a. GOD is still on HIS throne and GOD is
still in control and you need to accept what cannot be changed. let it go!
let go of your grief. it relieves
so much pain.
just a
thought from the front porch…
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