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Suffering Loss, Part 6 – YouTube

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The 23rd Psalm is a wonderful Psalm about the restoration of our soul available in our good shepherd, Jesus Christ, so we don’t fall into a worldly grief.

There are going to be some days that aren’t so pleasant in the Christian journey. When you’ve suffered loss, there’s a void. But there’s also the real power of God to bring your mind back to the fact that the Lord is your shepherd. He restores as He causes your soul to return to the origin of health, of wellness, and of wellbeing. The restoration of your soul, mind, emotion, reasoning, and will is vital. It literally means returning to the Lord. As you reconnect and let God heal your broken heart, He can restore you; then the times of refreshing can come from His presence.

As you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you can be secured, protected, steadied, and upheld by the good shepherd. He will uphold you through time of loss and grief and hardship. He is leading you into paths of righteousness for His glory and for His name’s sake.

When death has claimed something and we see the temporal fall apart, we don’t have to let death take two. There is life after death. Psalm 91 says, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” His shadow is bigger than anything death could throw at us. The shadow of the Almighty can overwhelm the shadow of death. Even though there will be times we walk through the shadow of death, what’s behind the saint of God is goodness and mercy. God is our rear reward.

When you’ve suffered great loss, it’s a great honor and privilege that God gave us to weep and grieve. The process is a healer. There’s no greater place to experience the glory of God than when we pour our heart out and weep. God dwells near those who have a broken and a contrite spirit. We can bring God into our grief by saying, “God, I hurt. God, I am sorrowing beyond thought. I can’t even comprehend it. I don’t know what to do here. Meet me here, God. Have mercy on me. Just let me have Your presence.” He’ll meet us there. When we humble ourselves and draw near to God, He’ll draw near to us.

We can offer up the sacrifice of praise, thank Him in all things, and worship Him even in a time of suffering. We can call on Him and He will heal our broken heart. Jesus came to do it.