Rx for Healing:

1. face the firsts

2. maintain healthy habits and

3. receive and give love.

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I was getting the frozen waffles out of the freezer this morning when I saw some chopped meat. It had been in there since Spring, i.e. Jackie bought it. I thought, maybe I should defrost this and make some hamburger patties and cook it outside on the grill. And then I lost it… Jackie loved it when I barbequed for us or for company. I guess I did a pretty good job too because she always complimented me. Now it seemed so pointless. Through my tears and crying I said out loud, “maybe I should throw away the grill. No, you never know, you might wish you had it some day. Well, I’ll just cook them on the George Forman grill.” In the end, I decided to leave out the hamburger to defrost. I guess if I make a hamburger for myself that will be one of those “firsts” accomplished that is so important to the healing process.

I think I’ve explained more than adequately how important it is to express grief emotions. Well, this morning you could have heard me screaming since I had the doors open. I can’t control these emotions but I can just keep doing the things that I know will help the healing process like 1. facing all the firsts and 2. maintaining healthy habits.

It also helps the healing process knowing that there are so many people praying for me and who also take the time to tell me that they love me. I hear this from family, friends, even co-workers. I cannot tell you how much that means to me.

My life is slowly getting down to basics. Just these three things but the greatest gift of all is to be loved by God and others and to give love to God and others. refer to I Corinthians 13.

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Do you see these three things as important to your spiritual growth and relationship with the Lord? Are they present and growing in your life? Again, they are:

1. Facing the firsts - i.e. do the hard things that obedience requires

2. Keep on maintaining the healthy habits that brings consistency in to your life (whether these are devotions, prayer, bible study, service, home and work responsibilities, exercise and nutrition, etc...)

3. Love (i.e., show it and speak it) and receive love (from God first then from others).