Facing the Giant of Grief and LossPrøve

# He can make it up to you ## ‘My father and mother walked out and left me, but GOD took me in.’ Psalm 27:10 MSG Has death or divorce robbed you of a parent? Are you still grieving for lost hugs and birthdays without bicycles? The loss of these things can cause you to struggle all your life to find your identity. When you grow up listening to endless arguments but never seeing affection, it’s easy to think that’s normal, then later you find yourself asking, ‘How should I act as a parent? And why do I still feel like a lost child?’ David said, ‘My father and mother walked out and left me, but God took me in’ (Psalm 27:10 MSG). How wonderful! God can hold you and heal your pain. When you’re hurting, He can put you on His couch and be your ‘Wonderful Counsellor’ (Isaiah 9:6 NIVUK). When you feel like an orphan, He can be to you an ‘Everlasting Father’ (Isaiah 9:6 NIV) who doesn’t abandon His children, no matter what. With Him you’re always safe and protected, because that’s what loving fathers do. You’re His child, which means if something’s important to you, it’s important to Him too! What’s more, He can send people into your life who’ll be to you the father, the mother, the brother, or the sister you never had. Listen: ‘God sets the lonely in families’ (Psalm 68:6 NIV). Don’t be so focused on your losses that you fail to see Him at work, or recognise those He sends into your life to make it better. #### Prayer Point: Thank You, Lord, that Your comfort and companionship is real. I may be alone without being lonely because You are with me. Help me to recognise Your presence and those You send into my life to make it better. Amen.