after a loss so enormous?
how can a day such as
Thanksgiving be
survived
when
the
heart is grieving?
even though the heart may
indeed be thankful,
the day designated
to give thanks seems
a reminder just too
vivid that someone
or something is missing.
gone.
and the emptiness
can overwhelm.
is as recent as mere
days ago.
perhaps the reality
has not yet sunk in.
or perhaps your loss
was weeks, months, years,
even decades ago.
and the reality is all
too
real.
and the heart
still aches.
losses differ in size
and shape and color
and hue,
yet
no matter what,
the
pain
exists
and the hurt hurts.
and His words bring hope
to that heart so broken:
"He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not and not be faint."
Isaiah 40:29-31
these words do not promise to bring
back the person or thing lost.
they do not promise to right
the wrong in the here and now.
but oh the hope they bring!
you. are. not. alone.
you need not be able to
run,
walk,
even crawl
on your own,
for He will carry you
and lift you up to soar above
the crushing weight of
grief and despair.
He understands
your pain.
lift your eyes
to the One
who holds
the stars
in His hands
and is the wind
beneath the wings
of the eagle.
He will never let you go.
