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Monday, September 26, 2011

Walking with Grief

Came across this while doing funeral and memorial service preparations this weekend. I may use it for All Saints and All Souls Sunday in October:

Walking with Grief

Do not hurry
as you walk with grief;
it does not help the journey.

Walk slowly
pausing often:
do not hurry
as you walk with grief.

Be not disturbed
by memories that come unbidden.
Swiftly forgive;
and let Christ speak for you
unspoken words.
Unfinished conversation
will be resolved in Him.
Be not disturbed.

Be gentle with the one
who walks with grief.
If it is you,
be gentle with yourself.
Swiftly forgive;
walk slowly,
pausing often.

Take time, be gentle
as you walk with grief.

Adapted from a passage in David Elginbrod, by George MacDonald