You’ve been apologizing for still being sad. Quietly wondering why you can’t just move on already.
But grief doesn’t run on anyone else’s timeline — and God was never in a rush for yours.
The depth of your grief is simply proof of how deeply you loved,
– Jacqueline Whitney
God: You are apologizing for your grief again.
You: I just feel like I should be over this by now. Everyone else has moved on, and I’m still here crying about the same ending. I feel like an emotional burden.
God: Who told you that your healing had a strict deadline?
You: No one explicitly said it. I just look around and feel so heavy compared to everyone else. I’m tired of feeling this way.
God: You are comparing your internal landscape to other people’s edited exteriors. The depth of your grief is simply proof of how deeply you loved, and that love was never a mistake.
You: But it feels like it’s taking forever.
God: It is taking exactly as long as it needs to take. I am not rushing you. I am not sitting here checking the clock waiting for you to be happy again. I am entirely content to sit with you in this heavy space for as long as your heart needs to process it. You can stop apologizing to me for being human.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
