After The Most Devastating Losses, I Have Faith In New Beginnings.
Sudden endings rarely feel good. Often, there is a feeling a trauma, of deep, penetrating loss that leaves us feeling bereft, even lost. Jesus’ disciples certainly felt lost, shattered by the events of Good Friday. They hardly believed what had happened to their teacher. Yet the biblical story holds out hope that even death shall be defeated through faith in God. Challenges may come to me, but I place my faith in my divine identity. I affirm with certainty that I have the power to turn each painful event that befalls me into ultimate good. This is the good part of Good Friday. Endings—some sudden and some not—may be an unavoidable part of life. But the truth of me, the Christ within, will always rise again.
Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” Having said this, he breathed his last.—Luke 23:46
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