After 2 Corinthians 7:9-10
Imagine my
surprise to learn
that grief
can be a good thing,
not the
cause of grief, exactly,
it’s not a
good thing,
but the
grief that results,
that
sorrow, that internal weeping
and
sobbing without sound.
Grief is
good when grief leads
to change,
when it leads
to
repentance, not a momentary,
glancing
thought of feeling sorry
(“I
apologize if I offended anyone”)
but
repentance as living
a life
because living a life
of
repentance, that heart and mind
and soul
of personal knowledge
and
personal sorrow, leads
to the
cross.
Photograph by Josh Adamski via Unsplash. Used with
permission.
