SUKKEL-VOORT - LIVING WITH GRIEF

Psalm 55:6  And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!  I would fly away and be at rest; (ESV) Today I felt like running away. I felt the pain was just unbearable. How will I ever shake this pain? If only I had wings to fly away. I attended our Church Synod and part of the meeting was the celebration of the call of people in the ministry of word and sacrament. As I was listening to a young man articulate his calling into the ministry it dawned on me that I might never be able to articulate the real sense of brokenness I feel inside of me, but one thing that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt is that my God is with me. It is He who called me to touch the lives of others... even if it is only in my brokenness. Henri Nouwen writes, “The man who articulate the movements of his inner life, who can give names to his varied experiences, need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering. He is