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| Joshua and best friend Dana, high school age |
But the Spirit entered into me and set me on
my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself within your
house.”
—Ezekiel 3:24
That morning
after we buried Joshua’s ashes, I walked into the living room after waking.
Something was
different within me. Lighter. My shoulders. It seemed a boulder had rolled off
of them. And as I looked around, scales dropped from my eyes. I came closer to
an end table and swiped my fingers across the dust. I said out loud, “I can’t
believe all this dust.”
I thought a
moment and shook my head. I had not remembered to dust in a year. Too
preoccupied with my grief work, I didn’t think of it. Dusting was not important
that whole year.
It was then I
remembered again what the Compassionate Friends lady said to me at the park
that day all those months ago.
“Jean, plow
through the middle of your grief. Do not turn left or right or it will take
much longer to come out the other side. If you’re not careful, you could become
lost. And when you successfully come out the other end, you’ll have more
compassion for others.”
I obeyed that
kind lady.
I would have never made it without the
kindness of others, all of them sent to me by You, Lord, at Your perfect hour.
In Jesus’s holy name. Amen.
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