{"id":6786,"date":"2025-03-13T16:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/?p=6786"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:59:09","slug":"dont-postpone-joy-2-2-3-2-2-3-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/?p=6786","title":{"rendered":"(In the Moments) When Things Get Really Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few years ago, I lost my little sister. Although we noticed increasing signs, her rapid death still surprised us. She literally worked the same week she died.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her loss has been harder for me than the death of my parents ten years earlier.<\/p>\n

Even though she was my only sister, I would tell her she was my favorite. Truly, she was the best sister anyone could ask for. I can\u2019t think of an argument we ever had during her entire life. Except once when she disapproved of the girl I was dating.<\/p>\n

Being the two oldest, we were foxhole buddies during the divorce of our parents. She was always there.<\/p>\n

Her death is allowing me to access unshed tears from years gone by. For the first time, I\u2019m learning to grieve.<\/p>\n

Days after her death, I cried out to the Lord in my journal, not knowing how to process my concern for her eternal state and the huge, gaping hole in my heart. I asked Him if He wanted to say anything to me.<\/p>\n

In my spirit, I sensed Him say, \u201cI am enough.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

No matter how sad I am and how much I grieve, God is enough. He is with me. I call out to Him, especially in my pain. He is and always will be my El Shaddai, my All-Sufficient One.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since then, as I travel this path of grief, I\u2019m knowing God in a deeper way. It seems the greater my pain, the greater His sufficiency.<\/p>\n

What I\u2019m Learning<\/span><\/h3>\n

There\u2019s great value in:<\/p>\n