Psalm 27:14 “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!”
I used to think to wait on the Lord meant we just had to sit patiently and the Lord would show up and do His magic and we would be healed. I have learned that there is no such thing as magic when it comes to grieving a child. To wait in this verse means to gather and collect, or to bind together. It takes time and energy to gather and collect especially when we are trying to find something of value. Even though we have lost something so precious, our lives still have meaning and our child’s life is still of value. It also takes even more work to bind together a broken heart. Grief will be the hardest work we will ever do. It requires all of our physical energy. We will also find our mental, spiritual and emotional being will be tested like never before. I think the hardest work of all is trying to be still. In this time of mental overload and trying to find our breath that is suddenly in a state of panic, to be still is a struggle. Yet that is where the most healing and transformation will take place. It is where everything we thought we knew about God and our faith is tested. That is where value is truly found. We not only learn many life lessons but we also can become something, a better something. Often you will hear people comment that since the loss of her child she has never been the same. My answer to that is I would hope not. After we have gathered and collected and bound our broken hearts together, I pray we are women who are stronger, more compassionate and have love to give and accept like never before.
Lord, we are hard working women. We are gathering and collecting and binding a broken heart and we are doing it with courage and Your strength.
