“I tell you this
to break your heart,
by which I mean only
that it break open and never close again
to the rest of the world.”
― Mary Oliver
There are unexpected gifts that come from the willing and obedient experience of grief. Fully experiencing grief, taking down the soul's interior walls and letting grief and all its attendant emotions flood your whole being, stretches you from the inside out. As the grief subsides, and other emotions arise again, the capacity to experience those emotions is greater. You laugh a little louder and more spontaneously. You love easier and deeper. There comes a profound gratitude for all life has to offer. You are broken open to the world.
Give thanks always to God the Father for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20
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