Ecclesiastes 7:2 - "It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, because that is the end of every man, and the living takes it to heart."
Grief is a God-given emotion. While it is uncomfortable, it is necessary and often expedient to allow us to decompress constructively. Solomon subtlety tells us in this verse how our tendency is often to move past mourning too quickly because of its uncomfortability. In these instances, we would rather spend time anesthetizing ourselves rather than allowing the Spirit of God to bring us through to the other side. I am not speaking only of alcohol or drugs. We can anesthetize ourselves with a variety of “comforts.” When we run from God and what He wants to show us in mourning, then we abort His purposes. Ultimately, God wants to walk through the grief with us so we will be able to help others along this way of heartache.
We can either run from God in our loss, or we can run to Him and with Him to the other side. Beloved, we should allow God to bring us through grief in His timing. Otherwise, the "house of feasting" will not provide for us the relief we so desperately desire.
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