1 Samuel 16:1-13a. How long will you grieve?
Grief and trauma leave scars, but when they are unresolved it is as if they had just happened. White Bison, a Native American non-profit organization, has partnered with Native Ministry in the Episcopal Church. The goal is to address the historic grief and trauma in our Native communities so that healthy communities can work together for change.
Someone once said, “We are only as sick as our secret.” What do we hold on to in secret and not share?
In a world where individual success is central, the “true confessions” we read on social networking sites don’t seem to suggest that there is a process for healing pain or grief other than talking about it with the whole world.
Healing from grief and trauma begins with recognizing their presence in our lives. We have to acknowledge how we were hurt or what we lost before we can move forward. Otherwise, we continue to sustain the pain. We don’t have to do any of this work alone. Sometimes the grief or trauma is shared by whole communities or families. There is no doubt that working on it together is the best way forward, but that should not stop anyone who is ready to get to work.
PRAY for the Diocese of Chichester (Canterbury, England) http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=153
Ps 97, 99, [100] * 94, [95]; Ephesians 3:14-21; Matthew 8:18-27 http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=202241106
View the daily Lectionary Readings at the Satucket Lectionary website http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/May12.htm
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Perhaps part of healing grief is getting up and doing God's work, like Samuel.
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