I give myself permission to grieve…
I’m going through a ‘season’ of life where everything is in flux! I just turned in my keys to my apartment and I watched someone move into the apartment that my fiancé vacated just over a month ago…
… the apartment that was supposed to be our new home.
I have no job and I had to move in with my daughter this weekend … all because of recent developments…
you know what… I’ve been quiet about this… I kept it to myself… why??? Why should I protect the one who abandoned me… after a promise, with a ring….
My fiancé talked me into quitting my job as a HS English teacher… He said I could pursue my dreams… He said I need never work another day in my life… that he would take care of me and then…
then came the words…
‘I need you to follow me in missions’… ‘I Need you’… So I followed… after all… he ‘needed me’…. and, so, I quit my job…. I would have done anything for the man of my home… the one I said ‘YES’ to…
He needed me… psssshhhhhh!
And so here I find myself today… alone, jobless, and hurting…
Yes, my heart is broken. I have tried to be brave and to accept the inevitable… but if truth be told … this hurts…
This hurts so much…
I loved this man. I trusted this man… I feel like I guarded my heart… until I gave it to him… I was cautious… Oh my, I was cautious…
Is it ever enough… how cautious can we ever be with our heart?????
He stopped loving me after assuring me time and again that he would love me no matter what… We had a pastor friend who was going to marry us that gave us a Dr. Seuss book as part of our ‘pre-marital’ counseling … the classic, Horton Hatches an Egg… with the phrase… ‘I said what I meant and I meant what I said, an elephant’s loyal one-hundred percent’… that was our thing and my fiance would repeat it all the time…
Until, he didn’t feel that way anymore…
He left…
It’s not his fault and I still love and admire him… He followed his heart… it just wasn’t after my heart…
I try to be brave and to say the Christian lines… ‘It’s God’s Will”… etc… but I can say all the right things that I want…
But….
Ultimately, this hurts…
Yes, it hurts…. Oh my, it HURTS… but in this ‘season’ of grieving here’s what has comforted me beyond measure…. beyond understanding, really…
… my eternal love, Jesus, knows how much I hurt… He knows… and He keeps telling me…
‘Pammy, it’s OK… you can grieve… You’ve been hurt… But, please know, my sweet girl, that I LOVE YOU!!! I know the pain of hurt, betrayal and disappointment… I know!!! I am right here beside you… and I will NEVER leave!!
Never, never, never… (a line from the movie, Somewhere In Time)
JESUS SAYS:
I said what I meant and I meant what I said…
I…
the great I AM, the WORD, the LOVER of your soul…
I am loyal…
100%!”
I hear him and I know that….
Tomorrow will be better… whatever tomorrow may bring…
Grieving is a part of life… and acknowledging that it hurts is healthy and good…. After all…
Jesus wept.
September 30, 2013 at 10:16 pm
Pam, I’m so sorry for what you’re going through and you are in my prayers.
September 30, 2013 at 10:19 pm
Thanks Cindy…. but… God is Bigger… and it will be better tomorrow… Just gotta be real in the moment! Honestly think Jesus wants us to be so… not hiding behind the facade… the masks… Just am grateful for his Love and direction… And friends like you!
Hugs!!!
September 30, 2013 at 11:06 pm
Sorry abt the pain; its devastating especially with the other “losses”. You are doing the right thing, grieve, write about it, blog; cry your eyes out. Jesus is holding your hands.
September 30, 2013 at 11:15 pm
Hi Pam, Thank you for sharing your honesty and transparency. It’s awesome to see God’s hopefulness in your writing through this really stinky, heartbreaking time! Prayers from Colorado!
September 30, 2013 at 11:40 pm
Thank you for sharing such an emotional story that is so personal. I don’t think you will be single that long especially if you give so much to love. I don’t know what you may going through with your pain, but I can relate especially with how I have lost too. God has something in store for you. Please be strong
September 30, 2013 at 11:43 pm
I’m glad you are giving yourself permission to grieve. These are huge losses and I admire the way you are looking for hope in a tough situation.
~Aspen
October 1, 2013 at 12:44 am
You grieve girl. Thanks for sharing your pain. its brave and you are using it to showcase God’s glory. That is a blessing