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*He Has Borne Our Griefs and *
*Carried Our Sorrows*
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Is 53:4 “Surely HE has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows ...”
Pain happens in life – now a part of the human experience
Opening . . .
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Loss~/death~/pain was not intended to be a part of human experience
· In the Before time
· IN the Garden
But when death~/sin came in
· God IMMEDIATELY begin to create a way
· For MAN to be restored
· AND for Healing~/comfort to come into place of loss
Death never meant to be a part of human equation
· Pain~/loss same thing
· But when it came – God created GRIEF to be the doorway to freedom
Want to take some time today as we prepare to go the Lord’s table – and talk about How God’s design is to comfort~/restore and HEAL us in places of grief~/sorrow.
Is 53:4 “Surely HE has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows ...”
You can grieve LOTS of things:
· Obviously if someone close to you dies
· But you can grieve ANY loss in your life
o Maybe it’s a disappointment at your job
o Maybe it’s in a relationship with someone else
o Maybe you failed~/disappointed yourself – and you GRIEVE the mistake you made
Someone finding out they have a disease~/sickness begins a period of grief
· Coming THROUGH the pain of what you’re facing – working through the issues they’ve brought on your life.
I’ve had RELATIONSHIPS I’ve grieved
· Worked CLOSELY with an awesome couple for a number of years
· Flew around the country – the world with them.
· Consulted~/counseled~/walked with them in an international ministry.
· We had a BLAST together.
· But the day came when God led them on into something new – and moved ME ON into something new.
· And I grieved that loss.
Divorces, people moving away
· Breaking up with your girlfriend~/boyfriend
· Changing schools
· Moving to a new area
· ALL sorts of things can bring grief~/loss in your life.
Some losses in our lives we grieve QUICK
· Some take more time
· And some we can carry a part of with us for our whole lives.
(Now WHY am I taking time to talk about How to come through to HEALING when you’ve had a place of loss or pain?
· Because most human beings – especially Christians – don’t always understand that there’s a PROCESS through the pain
· And at the OTHER SIDE of the process – is HOPE – and HEALING
· And WITHIN the process – God desires to pour IN His comfort – grace – hope.
· MANY TIMES – regularly as I counsel – this issue comes up – almost CONSTANTLY
· Where we’re walking through one of these things
· And I feel like it’s such a PRACTICAL – LIFE-Giving thing to Understand GOD’S hand on us
· HIS desire to meet us on the journey
· That I’ve wanted to share on this for some time
· And today’s the day!)
Some losses in our life aren’t quick at all
· In fact, some – we can carry with us for our whole life
· He has borne our GRIEFS and carried our SORROWS
Sorrows – suffering – they ARE a part of life
· Fallen world
· But JESUS desires to meet us there.
Nancy and me
· Chase – autism
· Wish we could ‘get over’ the place of loss
· We face different pieces of the grief along the journey
· Sometimes the grief can be like walking on broken glass – can’t get away from it
· And the journey of grief – sorrow – suffering – if we didn’t have Jesus
· If we didn’t understand HIS ways to meet us
· And how to ACCESS the grace – I don’t think we could do it on our own.
And so as I share with you today about the journey of walking through grief~/pain – even suffering
· I’m not sharing it with a bumper sticker faith
· Like I’ve solved it – and I wish you’d catch up
· But really – as I’ve been walking through places of loss – grief and healing
· I feel like there are some POWERFUL things that EVERYONE of us needs to grab a hold of.
Things that can help us WALK FREE in these areas
Microwave society doesn’t want to talk about the journey
· Christians can even avoid it
· God not afraid of what we face on the journey
· He isn’t caught off guard
· HE is compassionate and want
*/So what’s the journey of Grief when I face loss~/pain in my life?/*
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*/How do I get THROUGH it so that I’m HEALED on the other side – and not STUCK in a place of PAIN/*
· You know THAT is an issue that many face
· Start walking THROUGH the stages of grief
· Not knowing what’s happening
· And get STUCK there
· Jesus has something MUCH better for us
So let’s talk about how grief~/loss works
*Stages of Grief*
· People who’ve studied how grief works in our lives will tell you there are about FIVE different stages of grief that we go through.
· I believe GOD is the one that invented what these things are – and I believe HE intended them to be a pathway to healing.
· Five Stages:
o Denial
o Anger
o Bartering
o Sadness
o Acceptance
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· Will happen in various order (example)
· Some times we will ‘trigger back’ to a place where hurt~/loss happens because it ‘echoes the pain’ of our loss.
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Don’t you think JESUS understands these stages?
· HE invented them
· In fact HE wants to walk with us
· He has BORNE our griefs~/carried our sorrows
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