1-2 Sarah lived 127 years. Sarah died in Kiriath Arba, present-day Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Abraham mourned for Sarah and wept.
3-4 Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites: "I know I'm only an outsider here among you, but sell me a burial plot so that I can bury my dead decently." (The Message)
The story of Sarah's life comes to an end like all of ours will. Abraham is left to grieve his wife's passing and Genesis doesn't tell us much except that he mourned and wept for his beloved wife. It is probably a good thing the Bible doesn't go into great detail as to Abraham's grieving process so that we don't try to emulate it in our own times of grief. The details are not important in the how of Abraham's grief, what is important is that the grief was real and expressed. Abraham felt his wife's passing as each of us do when someone we love dies. How we express it will be different for each one of us but we have to know that it is all right to mourn and grieve.
Some thoughts to ponder and share with others:
- When you were a child how did you see other people deal with death?
- What do you think are the "right" ways and "wrong" ways to mourn someones death?
- Is there someone around you who is grieving right now? What might you do to support them in this time
- Is there anything that you can do to prepare yourself for the grief that will come into your life at some point in time?
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