Grieving and Angry

If you wish, you can read the following article on my website.

The grief journey is challenging. Along the way, most of us experience anger.

The following is a chapter from Soul Cry: Devotional Prayers for Wounded, Grieving, and Suffering Hearts. If you’re dealing with anger, chances are you can relate to the grieving heart in this chapter. 

I hope this will be an encouragement and comfort to you today.

Grieving and Angry
Psalm 73:21-26, 28

When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before You.
(73:21-22)

I was angry, and sometimes still am.
Bitterness threatened to invade my soul.
I felt as if I was going crazy.
My heart was frozen.
I was paralyzed on the inside.
Pain overwhelmed me.

Yet I am always with You;
You hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward You will take me into glory.
(73:23-24)

You did not retreat from me.
You did not pull away.
In my agony, I looked, and You were there.
You were always there.

You are with me, and You have me.
You will not let me go.
I will be with You forever.
This pain, this grief, will end.

Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
(73:25-26)

Forgive me, O Lord,
when I raise anything or anyone above You.
You alone are worthy of worship.
You are always what and who I need.

You alone are my strength, my salvation, my life.
You are my inheritance, my future.
Give me eyes to see You amid this present darkness.

But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds.
(73:28)

In Jesus’ name…

Excerpt from Soul Cry: Devotional Prayers for Wounded, Grieving, and Suffering Hearts. 

Question: Have you tussled with anger since your loss? Feel free to share by commenting below.

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