Good morning…
Walking toward the excruciating pain of the cross, Jesus is described as “a man of sorrows and suffering, knowing sadness well” (Isaiah 53:3, NLV). How well do we each know our own sadness?
In our therapeutic community group, we explored the experience of sadness, the different forms sadness can take. Big sadness. Small sadness. Light sprinkling of sadness. Rising sadness. Sharp sadness. Confusingly beautiful sadness. Heavy sadness. Creeping sadness. Sad on toast.
If you were to choose one of the images above, with which type of sadness might you most relate, and why? Spending some time untangling emotions, what might our own sadness teach us?
Here’s the most important thing to remember. We are never alone in our sadness. Jesus cares; he took our suffering on him and felt our pain for us (Isaiah 53:4, NCV).
When we are tripped up by sadness, sorrows, suffering, might we tenderly hold in our arms the pain? Learning to walk with our sadness, we can weave something wonderful. Over time, as we wear our grief well, we experience the warmth of a handmade sweater.
We were healed because of his pain (Isaiah 53:5, ERV).
…Sue…
