Categories: Bereavement
I cannot say I have lost my home because I know where it is.
I cannot say I have lost my husband because I know where he is.
Yet both have gone and I am left feeling sad, alone and bereft.
I have cried so many tears these many past years
And yet the tear well never runs dry.
I wonder why?
I no longer have my children.
They are not lost because I know where they are
And yet they are remote.
To whom can I turn in my aloneness?
God.
He gives me this promise:
“My Presence will go with you and I will give you rest.
Do not be afraid.
Do not be discouraged.
I will go before you.
I will be with you.
I will neither fail you nor abandon you.”
My aloneness disappears.
Exodus 33:14
Deuteronomy 31:8
