{"id":994,"date":"2020-05-08T13:24:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T13:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/?p=994"},"modified":"2020-05-08T13:25:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T13:25:24","slug":"coronavirus-and-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/2020\/05\/08\/coronavirus-and-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus and Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brian has begun a weekly series on Loss. Here’s the latest. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are we guilty of a loss of grace?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

CORONAVIRUS – LOSS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is that sinking feeling, the sickness in the stomach. I cannot\nbelieve that I have done this again \u2013 I have lost my wallet! I am sure that\nmany people can identify with this situation and the feelings that go with it.\nIt is not simply the money that may have been in the wallet, but then there are\nthe debit or credit cards that need to be cancelled, and identity cards that\nneed to be replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOSS<\/strong> or losing something can leave us feeling terrible,\nand the more serious the loss the more terrible and long-lasting the feelings.\nIn this period of the coronavirus outbreak there have been a number of terrible\nlosses. The greatest of these losses is, of course, the people that we will no\nlonger see, those who have lost their lives. Another great loss has been the\nloss of income, livelihoods and employment, which may yet have even more\ndevastating consequences. Finally, there has been the loss of our freedoms to\ntravel, and visit friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As human beings, we have a natural way in which to cope with LOSS<\/strong>\n\u2013 the grief process. Whether it be the loss of a loved one, our health, our\nhome, our employment and role in life, whatever the loss, we need to grieve to\nmove on in our life. The grief process is the dual activities of letting go of\nthe emotional and physical dependency, and at one and the same time continuing to\nremember and appreciate that which we have lost; and gradually, the pain lessens\nand the memories grow fonder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, LOSS<\/strong> will most often result in scars, the wounds may\nheal but scars remain. The physical scars we have on our bodies are reminders\nof the suffering that we have experienced. After Jesus was resurrected, he\nappeared on numerous occasions to his disciples and many others. One time, he\nmet with his disciples and Thomas, who doubted he had risen, and Jesus said to\nThomas, \u201cPut your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put\nit in my side. Do not doubt but believe<\/em>\u201d. Jesus\u2019 scars were scars to remind\neveryone of the suffering he had endured because of his love for them \u2013 they\nare, as scars go, beautiful scars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, some losses are our choice, and one potential LOSS<\/strong> is\nconcerning \u2013 the loss of grace. There are cases of self-styled Lake District\nNeighbourhood Watch groups, notes left on cars, cars written on and even car\ntyres slashed. If we are not careful and do not act as a community with grace,\nthen the scars that will be most prominent after the outbreak is over, will be the\nscars and memories of insularity and unfriendliness \u2013 and ugly scars they are\ntoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brian has begun a weekly series on Loss. Here’s the latest. CORONAVIRUS – LOSS There is that sinking feeling, the sickness in the stomach. I cannot believe that I have done this again \u2013 I have lost my wallet! I am sure that many people can identify with this situation and the feelings that go […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,12],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19","category-spirituality","tag-grace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}