Time for this week's link up with Karen Beth for Tuesday @ Ten where we have a full week to write on the word prompt.
This week's word is:
C O M F O R T
C O M F O R T
How do you comfort someone who has just lost a loved one?
What do you say to comfort them?
Are there words?
I find it hard to know the right words to say; I hug them, look into their eyes and...
Tear up!
I don't know how comforting that is to one who is grieving a loss; to one who has learned they have a terminal disease - cancer; or to someone who is going through a difficult time.
I just don't always know the "right" words to say to comfort them.
One of my friends has recently been diagnosed with cancer; he shares his journey on Facebook and writes such inspirational posts! Sometimes I feel he is comforting us instead of our comforting him!
When I saw this friend not too long ago at a function, I could only look into his eyes and give him a hug, letting him know how I felt without having to say anything.
Maybe that is the key...
Just to be with that friend - that person - who needs comforting; just sitting silently with them...
Listening...
And praying with them, reminding them that God is with them now and always will be.
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Perhaps that is what we are to do...
I have a very dear friend going through intensive chemo treatments as a patient in the hospital - for the first several days we texted every day, now my texts go unanswered so I assuming she cannot even hold her head up to text. I pray. I text anyway. Perhaps just seeing my "xo" will comfort her and assure her I am here praying. Good post.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan...yes, continue to text; continue to pray. Praying with you - so many who are in distress or disease, hurting, suffering...prayers may comfort and help them in ways we may never know or understand.
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I agree. I've lost people that I was very close to, including my little brother. This was so well said and I loved the verses you shared.
ReplyDeleteSorry that you lost your little brother; it IS hard to lose a loved one! Thank you for reading and sharing...
DeleteSorry for delay in responding; I have been away from computer over the past weekend...and just now trying to get caught up!
Thanks for the post. It’s hard to lose a loved one close to your heart. Heart touching!
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