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Be gentle with yourself while grieving

Grief will be less painful if we see the beauty of the sunset or we listen to a melody of a song. The sunset leaves an after- glow and the melody of a song lingers in sweet refrain. That is how it is, as we leave the world of the living and as we enter to the heavens with joy and contentment. The passing of a loved one challenges our faith. We try to question God's will in our lives. But sooner or later, we accept the belief that death is a continuum of life, it is a transition from our earthly life to life everlasting.

I would like to comfort my friends with these words uttered by our Lord Jesus Christ to his disciples: "Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am there you may be also."

A CareNotes article written by Rev. Mary Kendrick Moore entitled "Be Gentle With Yourself

While Grieving" offers several tips on how to develop a language of gentle kindness for those who go through a season of grief. She says, look for the small things that

Aurora S. Cudal-Rivera my personal Testimony

feel good to you; think of ways to pamper yourself; remember to care for your body and care for your soul. In caring for our soul, seek the teachings from your faith that are gentle with grief. Find comfort in the Book of Psalms. where the psalmist poured out his deepest emotions and also found encouragement that God will hear them. Every faith includes teachings about bringing your cares before God. "Come to me all you that weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest."

Saint Augustine expressed these profound thoughts: "Let my soul take refuge from the crowding turmoil of worldly thoughts beneath the shadow of Your wings; let my heart, this sea of restless