D.Frahm's FB-Journey of Desire-John Eldredge

"Life is loss and I must grieve regularly, so as to give up trying to possess. I will not arrive in the golden place until I am home with God."

"The paradox of grief is that it is healing; it somehow restores our souls, when all the while we thought it would leave us in despair. Control is the enemy; grief is our friend...Grief is good. It is cleansing. It undoes my world--and that is the best part of it. I need to be undone; simply undone. No regrouping. We need to mourn; it is the only way our hearts can remain both free and alive in this world. Why? Because it, like nothing else, puts a stop to the constant striving."

"I believe we must add two spiritual disciplines to everyday life. The first is worship. We must adore God deliberately, regularly. The other is grief. We must allow time for sorrow to do our own personal sowing. I see no other way to care for our hearts."

'Those who sow in tears
will reap with songs of joy.
He who goes out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with him.
(Psalm 126:5,6)

-Eldredge

Wow....this is just what I need to hear right now. "Control is the enemy" (whether it's me trying to control or someone else trying to control me)!! "And so I am grieving....Lord help me!

grief is our friend...Grief is good. It is cleansing. It undoes my world--and that is the best part of it. I need to be undone; simply undone. No regrouping. We need to mourn; it is the only way our hearts can remain both free and alive in this world. Why? Because it, like nothing else, puts a stop to the constant striving."