It Wasn’t Supposed to Be This Way
How to cope with loss and grief and disappointment
Whether you have lost someone through death, divorce, or they have cut you off for whatever reason, God allows suffering. He closes doors that you want opened.
Accepting the reality of “what is” really is reality therapy that lifts the cloud of sadness. In a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier in 1856, he identifies youthful losses.
Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, it might have been.
However, now that you are an adult, comforting that little child within you who feels abandoned and left out or unfairly treated is essential. Confront the grief or regret of the expectations that keep you stuck.
“It wasn’t supposed to be this way.”
We don’t always understand God’s will. And, if we’re being honest, there are occasional times when we don’t like His will, either.
When grief lands on our doorstep.
When we’re not sure if we can cope.
When we think about what could have been.
Wrestling with our deepest pain is hard. But if the Bible doesn’t hide stories about suffering, neither should we.
Whatever you’re facing right now — it’s not the end of your story. God is with you, and always will be.
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God is sovereign in His purpose for you. He can do whatever He wants with your life, like Job. Then forgive them. Process the pain and the anger. Cry. Let go.
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