Too often when people leave a church they do so amidst a cloud of miscommunication and well intentioned (but hurtful) lies. Christians and entire Church families are called to an emotionally healthy pursuit and practice of honest communication in an appropriate measure according to their varous relationships to each other.
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Wanting to love others as Jesus loved us (the Incarnation) is easy - doing it is a bit more complicated. However, if we practice and balance three dynamics in our attempts to love others incarnationally, we will experience a new level of emotional health and spiritual maturity.
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Jesus' coming to earth as man (the incarnation) is our model for loving others well. Of course, before we can follow it as a model, we must know just what the incarnation was.
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The first phase of embracing grief and loss (paying attention to our grief) is followed by 2 other phases. Our experiencing and going through these phases is another key step to experiencing emotional health in our lives.
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If grief and loss were oil, gas would be free in this world. But they aren't. Just the same, mishandled grief can exact an emotional price on our life that makes gas look cheap. Only by embracing grieving and loss are we ever going to find emotional health in our life.
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