Acquainted with Grief

I’m positive that all of us have been acquainted with some type of grief sometime in our lives.
It’s just the way of life. There’s no way around it.

One thing is for sure, I probably haven’t experienced what you’ve experienced.
And you haven’t experienced what I’ve experienced.

Even when two people experience common grief, they live through it differently because they are two individuals. Like snowflakes, there is not one of us the exact same as someone else. Something will differ even if it’s only slightly different.

This week we are remembering someone who was well acquainted with grief.

This man experienced everything that we go through. He was called the man of sorrows.

You would think that a King would not have to go through sorrow, at least not much of it anyway.

But this King did.

He came to earth as a lowly baby. You might be thinking, isn’t every person born into the world as an ordinary baby? Yes, but he was also delivered by a poor young woman into a low-income family.
He grew into a young man without stepping foot into a palace or royal robes blanketed around him.

This King was a King before He was born. And by being born, He was stripped of His Kingship and Royal title.

This King wasn’t an earthly King. He is an Eternal King.
Others call Him the Creator of the Cosmos.
He is referred to by some as the King of all Kings and Lord of all Lords. 

He’s a pretty big deal.

We are celebrating Him this week. The fact that He died and rose from the dead.
You can read about Him in the Bible.

Yes, I’m a Christian. I believe in Christ.

We could go into so much detail about the arguments throughout history regarding the fact or fiction of His infamous resurrection, but we won’t. 

All I want to do with this post is say what I’ve been saying all week, “Thank you, Jesus.”

Thank you to the man who was acquainted with grief.

Thank you for coming to earth to experience what life is like for us humans. 
Thank you for coming to us to engage with us and learn the grief we go through so that you can understand and assist us in our hard times.
Thank you for being willing to understand what death is like and then conquering death by rising from the dead.

You are the Man.

I love You.

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend and can celebrate the Resurrection on Sunday with family and friends.

Blessings,
– Caleb