I have had friends who have lost children. It is overwhelming and mind boggling. It is hard to know what to do to help. In reality other than helping with funeral details and being there to listen, there is not much you can actually DO.
Except pray for them. That I can do. I know that my friends have felt the strength of prayers offered for them after their losses. But as our lives move on so many of us stop remembering to pray for them and in that process our friends feel the loss of the strength they were getting through our prayers.
There is no timeline to mourning so they continue to need our prayers, probably forever. This is why a prayer sheet is so great, it helps you remember to pray for them.
*I also have a prayer box, where I have put names of people I don’t feel I need to pray for by name, but want to continue sharing prayer love with them. I write their name on a piece of paper and put them in my prayer box. When I pray I add – and the people in my prayer box. I need to do a whole post about this later in the month!
Who is mourning? There is no timeline on mourning, so add them to your prayer list and commit to keep them there until you are inspired to take them off. (Also you can put them in your prayer box!)
Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are they that mourn.”
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