Surrendering to Your Limits. We all suffer loss.
The Story of Us All. The story of Job is our story as well. It just happens more slowly. Everyone suffers loss as the go through life.
Job. The story of Job recounted.
Getting Out of Pain. We all grieve differently. And we all react pain differently. Many of our reactions are unhealthy.
Dropping Our Defensive Shields. The are many defense mechanisms to protect ourselves from pain: denial, minimizing, blaming ourselves, rationalizing, intellectualizing, distracting, becoming hostile, are some examples.
Biblical Grieving in Joh: God’s Path to New Beginnings. Job models show to grieve.
- Pay Attention.
- Wait in the confusing in-between.
- Embrace the gift of limits.
- Climb the ladder of humility. St. Benedict’s ladder of humility is an example.
Let the Old Birth the New.