From Grief to Glory
AIA Staff Aaron Fears walked us through John 11:1-44 to talk about God’s presence, power, and purpose in life’s defeats, disappointments, and even death. He reminded us that…
Jesus loves us, even though He may not answer our prayers right away or according to how we want. God is not deaf or dumb; His plans and purposes are bigger and better.
In fact, God may sometimes use suffering to make Himself known and to display his distinctness from and superiority over all others.
We can be honest with God in our grief (just like Mary and Martha) and we can ask questions—but do so while still being respectful.
Jesus feels with us in our pain and disappointment and loss.
Our grief ends in glory. The stories of the Bible follow its metanarrative of suffering to glory, death to life, separation to oneness.
