Spiritual Encouragement
July 26, 2023
Our widows support group invited a panel of young adult children to come to our event. These young adults had all lost their Dads when they were children. Our new young widows wanted to learn from them. What were their sources of strength? What were there challenges? We all need wisdom. They could help.
They agreed to one issue that had been painful and hurtful to them all: Badly timed spiritual encouragement.
Telling a young child “Your Daddy’s in heaven with Jesus, so all will be well.” Cruel and painful.
Quoting Romans 8:28 anytime near their loss? Once again, badly timed spiritual encouragement. “Oh, I understand exactly what you are going through.” No, impossible.
Remember there were times when Jesus kept silent. There were times He only listened. And times He simply wept–a good example for us all.