Wednesday, April 22, 2009

so no disappointment, how about grieving?

'I love the word grieve because it sets up the conversation far better than the language of disappointment. The word disappointment, as we've articulated before, puts forward this idea of an expectation unmet; however , the word grieve has none of that. The word grieve has to do with a sense of sadness or a sense of something that is somehow diminished.

Right, it's about a sense of loss. So, here's God who created us and his Spirit lives inside of us. When we get into a pattern of behavior that seriously hurts us or others, the Spirit of God feels sad, he grieves the loss of the happiness and fulfillment we could be experiencing. It's like when someone has died at a young age, we don't say' "oh, you let me down, I'm so disappointed in you"; it doesn't even make any sense. But instead, I'm sad, I'm grieving because I might think he was so young and I miss him and the life he should have led. That's the sense of loss I'm talking about'

I love this book!

Right, I'm off for a run...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

"grieve" takes the shame out of the equation. "disappointment" makes me want to run and hide. It is amazing how much one word can change my entire view of God's love.