Kojo

“Most people do not feel the full force of their loss and the emotional toll it will exact for a good four to six months after the loss. Many report that the fifth, sixth, and seventh months are the darkest and most difficult. Of course, in our society you are expected to be “over it” in about two weeks and back to work, ready to put it all behind you. Our society really doesn’t handle grief very well. In”
― James R. White, Grieving: Your Path Back to Peace

“I learned the first rule of repentance: that repentance requires greater intimacy with God than with our sin.”
― Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

“One negative side of grief is that it focuses us inward upon ourselves, often leading to lapses of patience and gentleness with those around us.”
― James R. White, Grieving: Your Path Back to Peace

“Spiritual pride is the illusion that we are competent to run our own lives, achieve our own sense of self-worth and find a purpose big enough to give us meaning in life without God.”
― Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness