tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632746619833314949.post7665422487625317091..comments2024-02-27T02:16:26.237-06:00Comments on the post-karmic stream: what, me worry?Kyle Burkholderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319162146102629239noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632746619833314949.post-28536950602311137182008-04-29T08:40:00.000-05:002008-04-29T08:40:00.000-05:00I've often wondered, when Paul says to the Thessal...I've often wondered, when Paul says to the Thessalonian believers, "I did not want you to mourn like those with no hope," just what it would look like to "mourn WITH hope." He doesn't really go there. <BR/><BR/>You raise an interesting point in trying to dissect mourning, anxiety, worry and grief as emotional strands. Personally, I think a key factor is surrendered-ness (there's a Christanese word!). Jesus certainly demonstrated significant grief and anticipated mourning at times...Lazarus...Gethsemane...but He modeled a surrenderedness. A "God, I really don't like where this train is headed...this hurts and I'd really be open to any bypass routes we can take. BUT, when it's all said and done: Your will, Your Kingdom Father." <BR/><BR/>In our Life Group last year we experienced multiple cases of dying family members, 3 miscarriages, then broken up with multiple births, new jobs, and joyful surprises. It could be tiring to go from lows to highs so rapidly. It also made some (me) uncomfortable to realize just how little we can say or do to "fix it" when the time of healthy, needed mourning arrives. All I could do is buy a ticket to come along and look out the window for a time.<BR/><BR/>Good thougths and ponderings, Kyle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com