Flashback Friday - Good Grief - Martin Wiles

Good Grief

I weep with grief; encourage me by your word. Psalm 119:28 NLT

I remember it as the one time in my life when I openly grieved. I don’t come from a crying family. If we shed tears, we did so in private…and then only for brief episodes. But for me, grieving changed when my father died. I thought I was handling it well as I watched him die in an Atlanta hospital. I even kept my composure when we went to the funeral home to view his body prior to the funeral. But during the funeral—as songs were played that my father loved, I lost my composure. As hard as I tried, I couldn’t hold back the tears or even the open weeping. This grief was different, but it was good. It helped me process my loss. Read more...

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