A Time To Mourn - A Biblical Word Study • Clarissa R. West

Those who mourn sometimes feel alone in the world. We are not alone!

I want to share this word study on grief with you because I know how it is comforting to know that there are others who understand your pain. Dear friend, You are not alone! May you find comfort in the following words.

A Time To Mourn | Grief – A Biblical Word Study

Definition:

MOURN, verb intransitive [Latin maereo.]

1. To express grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful. Mourning may be expressed by weeping or audible sounds, or by sobs, sighs or inward silent grief.

GRIEF ,noun [Latin gravis.](synonym: to mourn)

1. The pain of mind produced by loss, misfortune, injury or evils of any kind; sorrow; regret. We experience grief when we lose a friend, when we incur loss, when we consider ourselves injured, and by sympathy, we feel grief at the misfortunes of others.

[American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828]

Scripture To Study & Thoughts To Ponder:

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: … A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; …” Ecclesiastes 3:1 & 4

“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.” Romans 12:15

Grief is a lifetime event. In other words, it starts and never ends.

That may sound harsh, but for anyone who has experienced the devastating loss of a loved one, I am not telling them something they do not already know. Grief may change with time, but it never goes away.

So, how do we cope with such a heavy burden? We turn to JESUS.

“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:30

We rally together in prayer and action to surround others who are experiencing grief for the first time. We pass on what we have learned for ourselves … when you cannot stand or go on by your own strength, God will carry you!

Notable Quotes:

Comfort comes from knowing that people have made the same journey. And solace comes from understanding how others have learned to sing again

~ Helen Steiner Rice

Sometimes the purpose of a day is to merely feel our sadness, knowing that as we do, we allow whole layers of grief, like old skin cells to drop off us

~ Marianne Williamson

When we lose those we love,

You must understand

That it takes time

To learn to feel again –

For nothing

Can touch the heart

Which is frozen with grief.

~ Unknown

I measure every grief I meet

With analytical eyes;

I wonder if it weighs like mine,

Or has an easier size……

~ Emily Dickinson

Grief can’t be shared. Every one carries it alone, his own burden, his own way

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

And most of all, you were sure it would be impossible for you to function as a whole human being not buffeted by the waves of sorrow that swept over you in the early days of your tragedy. But you will. You will do all that and you will do more.

~ Harriet Schiff

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak,

Whispers in the overwrought heart and bids it break

~ Macbeth, William Shakespeare

It will be hard for you not to ask why this must be. God knows why, and that may be as good to us as though we knew a thousand reasons. I pray God to hold you quiet and patient and uncomplaining, and help you bear the weight of this seemingly unintelligible sorrow. I hope you will remember that this is the only world in which a Christian can suffer, and suffer patiently and meekly. We cannot suffer by and by. God helps us to glorify Him now, when we can. ~ Maltbie Davenport Babock

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. ~ Seneca

Death – the last sleep?
No the final awakening. ~ Walter Scott

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Our earthly loss is always a heavenly gain
Although our hearts hurt and mourn in humanly pain
The fact still remains the same
That Heaven Has Gained more Love
To sprinkle down from above ~ Antonio Talbert

Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away to the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
That, we still are. ~ Author Unknown

These words brought comfort to my heart during low points in my grief journey. I am thankful for the beautiful gifts of words and the beautiful people who are gifted with the ability to speak what my heart feels but my mind cannot explain.

Comments

Krissy says

April 14, 2012 at 1:23 AM

I needed this today. I needed to know that I'm not the only one experiencing gut wrenching grief. I needed someone to say, "I know it hurts and I understand. " Thank you. And I'm sorry that your heart feels like mine.

Missy says

April 14, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Thinking of you with love. ((hugs))~Missy

Mindy says

April 14, 2012 at 3:04 PM

Aww…love & hugs!

Debbie says

April 14, 2012 at 3:12 PM

Thanks for those….I have been walking in grief, sorrow and pain for many months now….I know God and time will heal me.

Hope your weekend is full of sunshine!

xoxo

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