My Dear Child...

My Dear Child...

I know you’re grieving.  I see every tear, feel every painful thrust of longing, loss, and unanswered questions.  I know there is an aching void in your heart, a loss from which you wonder if you will ever heal.

I see your heart and know those powerful feelings you have that are too deep, too intense for you to even fully comprehend much less verbalize.  I know how the pressure builds up inside of you till you think that you will burst.

I know how well you try to hide your grief, to appear normal… to smile, to laugh.  Yet inwardly part of you has died and never will live again till heaven.

I feel with you the almost physical ache, the irrepressible yearning to hold your loved one close. I know how it hurts to see others enjoying what you will never have.

My child, I am not cruel; I have not allowed this stinging loss, this poignant grief just to watch you suffer.  Never!  I would not have allowed this grief into your life if I did not trust you to trust Me.  I am trusting you to believe My love, My sovereignty, My changelessness, My purposes that are so much higher than your own.

I have a plan for all your tears, your sighs, your questions, and your pain.  I give you My unbreakable promise that if you will lean hard on Me, I will make you ever so much more like Myself than you could possibly be otherwise.  I promise that My arms are always around you, even when you cannot feel them.  I will never let you alone.  I will never make a mistake and give you more than you can bear.

Please remember—never, ever forget: I love you with an everlasting, changeless, utterly complete love, and I’m trusting you to trust Me.

Your Father, Comforter, Friend, and Healer~

 God

(Penned by Judi Butikofer)