GRIEF IS DEBILITATING

My Dear Precious Child,
    Grief is debilitating because it binds a person to the past, either to something that has happened in the past or a longing for the things of the past when necessary changes have occurred in the present.  Grief is an emotional response to changes that often come as a response to a necessary part of life.  Grief is based on a sense of loss and the emotional comfort that a person had when things were always constant and stable.  Change, either expected or unexpected, upsets that sense of stability.  Grief often multiplies when a person has no trust in Me and My plans to come in the form of new experiences and new situations.  Change is growth.  Prolonged grief binds oneself to things of the past and will not allow a person to grow in emotional health with upcoming new experiences.
    Trusting in Me is the antidote to grief.  Even in the death of a person, Jesus Christ told a disciple whose father had died and the disciple wanted to bury his father before he continued to follow Jesus, Jesus Christ told that disciples to let the spiritually dead bury the dead. (Matthew 8:19-21) Jesus Christ was indicating that there is always hope for a greater future even when a spiritual person experiences the death of a loved person or a happy past.  The response of Jesus Christ was not showing a lack of compassion on the part of Jesus Christ.  He didn't want the disciple to bind himself to the past instead of looking forward to his ministry for Jesus Christ which had just begun which proved to be filled with joy and love.  Being separated from Jesus Christ, the giver of Life, and instead being bound to the death of another person or a past part of your own life can curse your future and the lives of other family survivors.
    Change is a valuable part of life, causing My children to shed the past and look forward to the future.  My Holy Spirit wrote for you to forget all that is past and to set your mind on running the race that is set before you, looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith. (Hebrews 12:1-2)  He said I am the "finisher" of your spiritual walk as well as the author of it.  I am the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega.  (Philippians 1:6)  Binding yourself to the past in grief forms a barrier in your life so that I can't bring glorious experiences into your future. Grief wants to glue you to the past so that My wonderful gifts for your future cannot occur. 
    One of My wise children said that when a death of anything occurs, a person, a family, a belief system, a relationship, a church or a country, that you should not be sad for more than one or possibly two days at the most because of the loss, but after that you must not allow grief to enter in because the demon of grief can curse your bones and cause diseases.  You can't change the past or even hold onto it because it is past.  It has passed away unless you resurrect it in your thoughts constantly and bind yourself to some part of your life that is dead. You can, however, with faith and trust in Me, flow into a wonderful present and future when you change your focus from the past into enjoying a blessed present and an exhilarating future as created by Me. 
   My instructions always bring liberty and freedom for you, even through changes in your life. 
   Your Father of Blessed Changes