Good Morning,

This week, we are talking about Holding Space for Both - Celebration and Grief

Can two things be true at the same time? Can we hold space for two things? Can we feel celebration and rejoicing while also acknowledging and feeling sorrow and sadness - grief? Does God want us to ignore one over the other? I don’t believe so. But…how many times do we skirt past the grief and focus on the celebration - because let’s be honest the feelings that come with celebration are often more positive and nice to feel. OR do some of us skirt past the celebration and just look at the grief/pain? 

This week we are going to lean in to something that can be incredibly hard for us as humans to feel, share, and express - GRIEF. 

Grief is the sad feeling of loss when saying goodbye or letting go of SOMEONE or someTHING (which could be disappointment, loss of hopes/dreams, loss of what you thought would once be for your life or for others in your life, the loss of what you once knew, etc.)

Grieving is the process of 

• FEELING, 
• HEALING, 
• AND ADAPTING beyond the loss.

So I want to encourage you today, in your quiet time with God. Are there moments God is bringing to your mind - ones where you abandoned your grief in light of celebration or where you abandoned the celebration because of the grief? 

I want to encourage you to spend some time with your heavenly father around that today.