In Ecclesiastes 7:2 a funeral is called a house of mourning…bringing into sharp focus the indispensable perspective on the universal & terminal condition we call death. But this doesn’t make the death of a loved one any easier, does it? And as we begin our journey of grief, we desperately want to return to what we once knew as “normal”. But that type of “normal” will never exist again. And so our journey of loss now becomes one of finding our “new normal.” Which brings this verse in Proverbs into perfect perspective. Outward joy and hidden grief can comfortably coexist together as our “new normal” slowly comes into view.
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