How to Manage Loss and Grief?

 Grief is a deeply sad feeling after a loss when someone or something you love is taken away from you:

• Passing of family members that you had and loved like parents, children, spouse, siblings, good friends
• Loss of money and savings that you had and loved to have
• Loss of business that you had and loved
• Loss of car that you loved
• Loss of property that you loved and you had or could have in a bidding war
• Loss of loved opportunities

How to cope with it?

Dos:

Grief, do cry if feel like it

Learn the lessons if the loss could have been avoidable

Acceptance of the loss

Move on from it, refocus

Keep up the spirit and hope for the better future

Look for and refocus on something else which is good

Don't:

• Don't mourn for too long, spending time mourning is a natural response but make it as quick as possible
• Don't keep thinking about it or keep reminding yourself about it
• Don't deny
• Don't blame yourself or anyone else
• Don't regret
• Don't stay in sadness and depression
• Don't let it make you miserable in soul

Invite God to Your Life - Meditate on Him

 

Inviting God to your life means consulting with him regarding every aspect of your life everyday.

Connecting with your soul which is connected with God's soul and listening to the inspirations which pour in.

Not doing it your way, with you earthly mind, worries, concerns, restrictions, complications.

The deeper you understand Bible, the better you can understand God's will for your life.

Let his divine holy spirit guide, lead and direct you.

Ask and Listen

Regarding every area of your life, everyday spend minutes or hours on meditating on God's plan for your life.

• What'd you like me to do my God? How'd you like me to do it?
• What'd you like me to say my God? How'd you like me to say it?
• What'd you like me to think about my God? How'd you like me to think?

Write down whatever inspirations come to you, check it's according to Bible to ensure that's God's will.

Areas:

• Health
• Family
• Relationships
• Finances
• Property
• Education
• Career
• ...

Believe in the Power of Prayer

 There are many factors that may cause a person not to believe in the power of prayer and thus not praying at all such as:

• Unanswered past prayers and disappointments
• Challenges/difficulties/crimes in the world
• Family/friends influence
• Education or lack of education
• Not feeling the need
• Thinking when one prays, they just talk to themselves so it has no point, it can not make a difference
• Simply not believing, not experiencing

Belief:

Regardless of how much you'd think the above is true for you I invite you to start believing in the power of prayer and experience it personally in a different way yourself.

Tell yourself:

Prayer is indeed powerful

I receive amazing guidance/directions/inspirations through consistent prayer

I receive healing through consistent prayer

We can even see God through consistent prayer and feel his presence or even a personal visit

Miracles happen through consistent prayer

How to pray?

• Remind yourself who God is
• Present your requests to Him - simply tell them aloud
• Engage God in every aspect of your life - from smallest goals and challenges to biggest
• Be thankful and believe that you will receive them
• Listen wisely to the divine inspirations and ideas that pour in
• Action

When to pray?

Dedicate at least 15 minutes each session - do it as many times as you can during the day

How to strengthen the belief in the power of prayer?

You will get results, that's how it gets strengthened!

What if a prayer doesn't get answered immediately?

• Look for ways how you can improve your prayer and making it more regular and consistent
• Establish whether the prayer is valid at all in the eyes of God - is it for the divine good

How to Connect with God

 We have 5 senses to understand the world around us which include:

• Sight
• Sound
• Taste
• Touch
• Smell

Unfortunately we can't connect with God with any of these senses directly.

• You can't see God
• You can't hear God
• You can't taste God
• You can't touch God
• You can't smell God

So how else?

We have also feelings.

When we connect with our feelings in our day to day life, we can hear the voice of God directly which guides us and lead us.

How should we spend our Sundays?

Sundays should be the day of rest, health, peace and prayer.

We should stay away from business and financial activities and allow our mind to refresh.

 What activities contribute to that:

• Sleeping longer
• Taking a nap
• Meditation
• Connecting with friends and family
• Prayer
• Thinking about the purpose of our life in every area of it
• Physical health actions
• Mental health actions
• Emotional health actions
• Going to nature for a walk, run or cycle alone or with companions

Righteousness the key to Blessing

How much time do you spend everyday to discover what is righteousness in your life?

Righteousness might be expensive and challenging but it leads to receiving blessing, honor, love and prosperity and lack of it the obstacle for not receiving the blessing.

Your divine light and meditation in dealing with life circumstances is Loving Righteousness.

What is the right thing to say, what is the right thing to do and what is the right thing to think about in every circumstance.

Specially 

At the times of trouble, at the times of anger, at the times of challenges and pressures.

Test people for their righteousness

How do they treat others?

How accurate their wordings are?

How much do they value what they say?

Do they have integrity? Say what they do and do what they say?

Encourage people to be righteous

Keep them as your friends if they are righteous

Cut them from your close friendship circle if they are not righteous

Bible:

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied."

"For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God."

"But for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury."

"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."

"God Loves the Righteous and Hates the Wicked."

Giving Thanks in All Circumstances

 We're invited to give thanks in all circumstances, good or bad.

What's the point? Why?

Giving thanks, channels our attention to what is good in our life and what is given for us whereas we naturally probably have our attention on our problems, challenges, fears, worries, etc.

This change of focus boosts our mental energy and joy in us and makes us stronger to be able to face our life events and challenges with greater strength.

In difficult situations, we can give thanks for

The good things in the negative event, the lessons, the maturity, the experience, the understanding the sharing to help others, etc.

For our creativity and solutions despite challenges.

In good situations, we remind ourselves of the blessings and help us enjoy them more.