Since March of 2020 the United States has been through ups and downs of grief and heartache.
I invite you today to think about the things that you have lost in this pandemic.
Family members
Friendships
Events cancelled
Workspaces
School days
Income
Personal space
In order to make space for giving thanks we also need to make space for loss. If you have been so busy trying to survive, if you are fighting burnout, exhaustion, and stress, you may need to grieve.
Over the next 30 days we will work through the grace of giving thanks by leaning into grief.
As Ecclesiastes 3:4 says, “[There is] a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.”
Consider what you have lost this year. What is the space that it has left? How have you been avoiding dealing with it? Are you filling the space with meaningful things or demanding ones?
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