"Responses from Our Souls"
The Psalm (46) which we began yesterday, continues with "Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change..." The rhythm of life is always one of change. Taking time to live fully in each moment is very important. Living each moment without fear is both a healthy and difficult thing to do. Often we rush through the change, filled with fear because our journey isn't what we were anticipating. Listen to this excerpt from Nicholas Wolterstorff in his Lament for a Son:
“….please: don’t say it’s not really so bad. Because it is.
Death is awful, demonic.
If you think your task as comforter is to tell me that really, all things considered,
It’s not so bad, you do not sit with me in my grief but place yourself off in the distance from me.
Over there, you are of no help.
What I need to hear from you is that you recognize how painful it is.
I need to hear from you that you are with me in my desperation.
To comfort me, you have to come close. Come sit beside me on my mourning bench.”
The Psalm (46) which we began yesterday, continues with "Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change..." The rhythm of life is always one of change. Taking time to live fully in each moment is very important. Living each moment without fear is both a healthy and difficult thing to do. Often we rush through the change, filled with fear because our journey isn't what we were anticipating. Listen to this excerpt from Nicholas Wolterstorff in his Lament for a Son:
“….please: don’t say it’s not really so bad. Because it is.
Death is awful, demonic.
If you think your task as comforter is to tell me that really, all things considered,
It’s not so bad, you do not sit with me in my grief but place yourself off in the distance from me.
Over there, you are of no help.
What I need to hear from you is that you recognize how painful it is.
I need to hear from you that you are with me in my desperation.
To comfort me, you have to come close. Come sit beside me on my mourning bench.”
Ben Keckler
11.06.07
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