The Comfort Flower: From shock to reorientation

Star of Bethlehem

Shocked

Shock

Numbness, fright, grief

For those in great distress under conditions which for a time produce great unhappiness. The shock of serious news, the loss of someone dear, the fright following an accident, and such like. For those who for a time refuse to be consoled, this remedy brings comfort.

Reflection

Star of Bethlehem reflects shock. A blow, a loss, or a fright has left the heart numb or scattered, and ordinary feeling has not returned. God is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. Comfort is not a demand to recover quickly. It is His nearness in the trouble, and in time it becomes comfort a person can offer to someone else.

Scripture

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (KJV). "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God."

Meditation

Father of mercies, come near this shock. Comfort me at the pace of truth. Hold what I cannot yet feel or say.