While I'm Thinking About It

…Not As Those With No Hope Posted on WordPress, March 29, 2016 by Wayne C. Wells Grieving is a process. It is a painful and ongoing process. We grieve over many things: job loss, missed promotions, poor performance reviews, missed opportunities, lost loves, degrading friendships, etc. The list can seem endless. What usually comes to mind is the anticipation of death or the reality itself. The process is painful, but after a time it can morph into a dull ache. Energy is stolen and motivation is hiding away from view in some dark corner. Life goes on and needs are still met, but the darkness seems to be there… just behind that last corner. People who have studied such things mention predictable stages of grief that we float thru, back and forth, until some resolution and healing is achieved. That all sounds about right to me based upon my personal experience. In it all, though, there is a foundational limit in grief. Those who have no "hope" rooted in God and His love and care seem to have a much deeper darknes