Ciencia

My Point?
Let’s allow people the grace and the space to find comfort and hope in their own time and their own way. Sympathy Bible verses are best received when those in need of comfort go looking for them themselves. Not when they are given out as the answer to pain. Consider a sympathy inspirational gift that gives the bereaved permission to lament and find hope in God in the midst of thestruggle and pain.
Sympathy Bible Verses
Well if you actually made it through my little soap-box sermon about Christian sympathy comments, here are some verses I came up with. There are, of course, many more.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfortthose in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.”
Hebrews 13:5b
"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
Matthew 5:4
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Romans 8:11
"If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through hisSpirit, who lives in you"
Revelation 21:4
“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
Matthew 11:28
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, and myportion forever.
Psalm 23
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfortme.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
John 14:1-2
"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have toldyou. I go to prepare a place for you.”
1 Thessalonians 4:17-18
“Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.”
Reflection on Sympathy Bible Verses
* What verses feel comforting to you during loss or difficulty in life?
* Whatverses feel hard to read or confusing to you in the midst of pain?
* Which Christian sympathy comments feel helpful to you?
* What are some ways of expressing Christian sympathy that feel unhelpful to you?
* You may find it helpful to journal your responses to these questions.

Stages of Grief
Scrapbook Journal
I will soon be adding a whole section on the stages of grief to this site,but until then I wanted to add this page on scrapbook journaling through the stages.
There are several different models for looking at the grief stages and, of course, every grief journey is different. Some people go through the stages in a different order. Some stay long in one stage and briefly in another. Different aspects of your life and grief situation also make the stages feel differentand unique to whom you are. You are the one most capable of understanding your own story and grief process.
Word List:
Here are lists of words commonly associated with the different models for the stages of grief:
shock, numbness, denial, pain, yearning, guilt, anger, emotional despair, bargaining, depression, sadness, withdrawal, reflection, loneliness, reorganization, the upward turn,...