Come, Sit Beside Me
The rhythm of life is always one of change. Living each moment without fear is healthy and difficult. 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.”
Today is a day to experience change – and it may be change we do not want to experience. The change may be in our life or in the lives of others. Today is a good day to sit beside one another – even on mourning benches.
Ben Keckler
11.11.08
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