Seems like whenever death is in the domestic news you'll see that "grief counselors" were dispatched. Just what do these psychological SWAT teams do? Do they pat the grief stricken on the back saying, "There, there, it's hard, but the pain will lessen." Or, "We might not understand why something so horrible happened, but it's part of God's plan." Or some other drivel. How in the world did our ancestors, and they had grief a-plenty, get by without all this hand-wringing.
Oh, I just remembered one thing counselors definitely do. They help the bereaved reach "closure." That's a term some psychologist invented and the media lapped it up. Not only do they get the story of the victim, (if it bleeds it leads) but now they have another story (we do have air-time to fill you know) on how those left behind are coping as they try to reach this state of mind the "grief-experts" say is important.
And just what is closure? Have you ever heard one of these "experts" define it? My parents died many years ago and I still think about and miss them. Does that mean I need a grief counselor to help me reach that magical state ... whatever it is?
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I love it when people praise God for saving them from, oh say, the Southern California fires, but never blame Him (or is it Her) for causing them to begin with.
What's with that?
It is simple, the bad things in this world are because of our sin (human kinds collective sin), the good things are from the grace of God. No contradiction. js
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