When goodbye hurts more than you expected

Has anything felt a little quieter lately?

Maybe there is a familiar face no longer in its usual place. A voice you were used to hearing that has gone still. And even though you know deep down that the change is right, something in you just aches.

You are not imagining it. And you are not being dramatic, either.

I have been thinking a lot about a scene in Acts chapter 20 where the Apostle Paul says goodbye to the church leaders at Ephesus - people he had walked with, prayed with, laughed and wept with. He knew he would never see them again. And what did they do? They wept. They embraced him. No one tried to correct them or hurry them along.

Here is what struck me: grief at parting is not a sign that something went wrong. It is a sign that something went gloriously right.

If you are in a season of change right now - at your corps or church, at work, in your family, in your friendships - can I gently encourage you to do one thing today? Find a quiet minute and name what you are feeling. Not to anyone else, if you would rather not. Just to God. Tell him what you miss. Tell him what was good. He can hold it.

Today’s video is Day 1 of a new series called When Everything Changes. I would love for you to watch it and walk through this week with me.

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Take care and God bless, Rob

Read this week’s devotionals here - https://open.substack.com/pub/battledrilldevotional/p/when-someone-leaves-finding-peace?r=643q6o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true