Does God care about your loss?

Grief is an intense emotional indicator of sorrow that represents a loss in your life.   We usually tend to think of grief as an emotion we experience after the death of a loved one.  This is true.  However, grief can also be  experienced during the divorce of a marriage, a move to another state, a house burning down or a sick friend of family member or struggling with your autistic child.  It is the "drastic change" in your relationship with another person, place or thing that triggers grief.  This "change" can occur physically, emotionally or cognitively and unleashes sorrowful grief. 

I want to share with you some verses that helped me during a dark time of grief.  These verses were given to me by friends  who were persistently believing, in my stead, that God was there experiencing my pain with me.  Yes, there are times when your faith is tested and you question and  begin to wonder where He is!

Reflecting this afternoon on these verses I was struck by the fact God's comfort is universally applicable!  So, I want to share them with you today.  If you are grieving from a loss,  I hope you find comfort.   And when you think God does not get it, remind yourself that He has given you a circle of friends to "defend the silver-lining".   He will use them to remind you;  You are loved and worth His comfort.

Romans 8:26

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groaning too deep for words;

 Psalm 22:24 


For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one;he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

Psalm 34:18


The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit

2 Corinthians 1:3-5


Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.