2 Samuel 21
Daily Devotional from 2 Samuel 21–
Verse 10
Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock…
You can be dishonored by the world, and still be honored by your mom. The nation was probably relieved these two brothers were executed, but not their mother. She may have been the only one in mourning. Verse 10 says, she spread sackcloth out for herself. I think it would be fair to say that no one goes through what a bereaved mother goes through. And sometimes they go through it silently. Proverbs 14:10 says, “The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.”
Bereaved mothers are everywhere. They’ve suffered miscarriages, stillbirths, and abortions. They’ve lost children to accidents and diseases. They’ve given children up for adoption, or had their children taken from them in other ways. And though they all grieve differently, they all grieve because they are mothers.
If you’ve avoided talking with a mother about her loss, give this a try…say something like, “I want you to know, I remember…” and then use her child’s name. For all her grief, there’s still relief in speaking his or her name aloud.
Demetrius Rogers
Verse 10
Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock…
You can be dishonored by the world, and still be honored by your mom. The nation was probably relieved these two brothers were executed, but not their mother. She may have been the only one in mourning. Verse 10 says, she spread sackcloth out for herself. I think it would be fair to say that no one goes through what a bereaved mother goes through. And sometimes they go through it silently. Proverbs 14:10 says, “The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.”
Bereaved mothers are everywhere. They’ve suffered miscarriages, stillbirths, and abortions. They’ve lost children to accidents and diseases. They’ve given children up for adoption, or had their children taken from them in other ways. And though they all grieve differently, they all grieve because they are mothers.
If you’ve avoided talking with a mother about her loss, give this a try…say something like, “I want you to know, I remember…” and then use her child’s name. For all her grief, there’s still relief in speaking his or her name aloud.
Demetrius Rogers
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