Why Is Loss Important To Me?

Loss is an unavoidable thing. I have experienced loss as much, if not more, as the average person. The first loss I experienced was when I was a young child; I lost my papa John to a heart attack. I was too young to fully understand loss myself, but I remember the toll it took on my family. When I was in middle school, my family went through two divorces. My mom and her husband at the time went through a divorce, and then my grandparents, who I was very close with, got divorced. This was a huge adjustment for me; the loss of closeness in the family was unreal, and I felt that it would never be the same. New Years of 2014 I lost one of the most important people in my life, my papa Bucky, to a heart attack. It came as a complete shock to me, and was the
Superficially, loss is a bitter feeling, but eternally it is difficult to view a loved one passing as only a negative thing. Being in heaven with the Lord is nothing shy of the greatest outcome. The worldly loss is truly a heavenly gain; Philippians 1:21 says it best, “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain”. I know in my heart that my loved ones who have passed left this sinful, sad world behind and are now where they always longed to be; for that, I am truly grateful.
Marcus Aurelius captures the true meaning of loss by saying, “Loss is nothing but change, and change is Nature’s delight”. When a loved one has passed, a whole new world is brought to those left behind; life is seen with a whole new meaning and understanding. It changes the view of life itself. There is only a finite amount of time to live to the fullest extent. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks on loss of his brothers and sisters due to racism in his letter to Birmingham jail. Although it was an awful loss to have to go through, it gave Martin Luther King Jr. all the more reason to bring about