Grief is love searching for a place to land. Lingering in the quiet spaces of our hearts, waiting for a familiar touch, a voice that will never be heard again, a person once present now absent, grief rummages through the wake of our loss yearning for the familiarity of home. When we lose someone dear to us, the love we had for them doesn’t disappear—it remains—but it has nowhere to go.
I’ve officiated more funerals than weddings in my time of ministry. I’ve seen firsthand how grief takes many shapes. Some mourners express their sorrow openly, while others hold it close, unsure of how to move forward. Some find solace in memories; others struggle with the pain of regret. What remains true in every case is that grief is the cost of love. To know love is to know loss. Death comes for us all.
Jesus wept.
John 11:35 ESV
When Jesus stood at the tomb of His friend Lazarus, He wept (John 11:35). While it’s the shortest verse in all of Scripture, it speaks volumes about the nature of grief and love. Jesus knew He was about to raise Lazarus from the dead, yet He still mourned. Why? Love, when severed by death, aches in a way words can’t describe. Loss hurts.
Maybe you’re grieving today and you stumbled on this post. Please know this: your love still matters. The absence you feel is real, and it is perfectly okay to grieve. Grief doesn’t mean the end of love. Instead, it invites us to carry the love we had for someone differently—through stories, through acts of kindness, through the way we live in honor of those we’ve lost.
We can be confident that God will meet us in our sorrow. We are not alone in our grief. The love we carry is still seen by the One who created it.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18 ESV
Where does love go when it no longer has a place to call home? It remains; it reshapes itself into remembrance, into gratitude, into hope. In time, by God’s grace, it finds new ways to dwell in us—never replacing who was lost, but reminding us that love, even in grief, endures.
In the aftermath of loss, grief is love looking for a home. Love people in death like you loved them in life.
Until my next post…
Grace and peace,
Rainer Bantau —The Devotional Guy™
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And amen!
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Amen 🙏
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May God use this to minister to those in grief
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