Brief Observed Reflection

I find that as we go through life many of our expectation of trials or grief do not prepare us for the grief that is to come and sometimes the journey is not what others would expect. These things can be seen very clearly from the book or rather journal C.S. Lewis made called:‘‘A Grief Observed’’. This journal was definitely made for his own way of healing and was a way of writing down his thoughts and feelings that he had a hard time expressing otherwise. Through reading this I have gained a sense of understanding about grief and those grieving. We should not tell Christians that during a time of grieving they cannot be angry or upset with God, or tell them that they need to stop grieving in a certain way.
This book or journal I think, is
Although, this is correct and I think good to point out, I think the book was not published so that others would know that they were not alone in their feelings after their loss. I think it was instead proof that we should allow anyone to grieve in the different ways that life allows them to, and we should not try to make them stop grieving in a certain way. There may be what seems to be a loss of faith or trust in God after a loss, but, it is not up to those who around them to tell the people that they cannot feel this way. I am reminded of at this time the story of Ruth in the Bible. Naomi went through a very hard time with the loss of her children and husband, when she came back to Israel she told the women,“Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me’’ (Ruth 1:20-21). I find it comforting that those women did not immediately try to rebuke Naomi from her statement. Instead, they were there and let
Lewis, even when he was grieving did not understand the grieving of his stepchildren Douglas and David(Lewis,9).This part of the journal made me realize that it is not just different people from different families that feel loss differently, it is also people from the same family. I have often not felt comfortable with sharing my feelings of loss with members of my family because I am not sure how to approach the subject. My way of grieving has always been very different from my family and my way of grieving in a sense has always felt weird in a way to me, because I wonder why I cannot seem to relate to members of my own family through the same loss or tragedy. But, Lewis had the same problems and therefore I can feel encouraged that I do not need to have the same way of grieving as the rest of my family and there is not something wrong with the way I