THE GRIEF LADDER

The grief journey is like trying to go up a ladder that has very slippery rungs, grasping tightly to normal but normal isn’t anymore.  We grasp tightly onto each rung so we don’t fall into an abyss of emptiness trying to focus not only on falling but just trying to stay steady and continue up the ladder in an attempt to break through the pain.  Each rung symbolizes a step in the grief process…fear, sadness, anxiety, loss, change, heartbreak, guilt, helplessness….the rungs go on.  Grief seems never-ending on this insurmountable ladder to climb.  Some days feel like two rungs up the ladder, and the next day seems like falling three steps down.  Don’t get discouraged.  Keep on trying.  Keep moving up.  See God as the ladder, and God’s angels pushing and pulling you up through the abyss and up out of the grief.  It takes time, it takes energy, it’s a push toward every pull on those rungs.  You will get there.  You will break through.  You definitely are not alone.  The God of Hope sends angels to guard and guide you and will help pull you up and out of the pain to reach that new normal within. 

And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!  Genesis: 28:12  

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