Grief can take a real toll on your mind, brain and body. It rolls in with all of it’s heaviness and the questioning sets in with it.
Will I be able to handle this? It feels like too much. How long will this last? Am I going to make it? I still feel broken.
And we get questions from people, we feel the opinions of others (whether they be real or not), we listen to the experts, and we compare.
The more restless we get, the more inferior we feel in our grief, the more our mind sees and experiences a psychological threat. And next thing we know our focus narrows, our brain spins, our body responds with all of stress alarms and signals. We become even more tired.
The great news is that we can interrupt this tiresome toxic pattern by following the following steps:
As we recognize our patterns and establish new ways to rewire them we begin to heal. The first step starts with our thoughts, our beliefs about ourselves.
We have to hijack the cycle by inserting new, positive, thoughts that speak the truth about who God created us to be and who He says He is for us. We may be running a bit short on strength but the One will always be more than enough.
Identify the root of the negative thought
Develop a statement of truth that offsets that thought. Know it well.
Whenever your pattern presents itself spout out that statement and break the pattern. And praise God for helping you to recognize it and do something about it.
The truth is that God has designed you beautifully. He has created you for a purpose knowing full well every single chapter of your story and how they would equip you for the next. He understands the weariness of it all and He is right there with you in the thick of it.
Trust me, I know this is not an easy journey. But it is worth doing well, you are worth the investment of proper grief healing. This is just the beginning but it is a good one…
