I like how you distinguished the difference between a grief coping mechanism and faith in the path or the flow of life.

I think the book of Job touches on the grief bit best. Job’s friend’s are rather shitty, telling him his suffering is all part of God’s plan but Job knows better. It was unjust, unfair, and it sucked.

What he needed wasn’t someone to tell him how he fucked up or that God is going to make it all better, he needed someone to grieve with him, like the spirits Enki sends to the grieving Ereshkigal in the Inanna descent myth.

Sometimes we just need someone to sit with while we suffer. I’ve found that when I am able to call God into that, to say, “ok, I am experiencing this. You’re here as always, sit with me, feel what I feel, it hurts. This helps me process the experience and it makes of God a good friend.”

If we call in this same presence when we face the unknown it creates the trust we need to step where we can’t see and carry on.

Thanks again for a great piece!