The Bible acknowledges that we will grieve. It is silly to suggest that we should not. The great saints of the Bible knew grief.

Jacob "mourned for his son many days" (Genesis 37:34).

Abraham mourned the passing of Sarah (Genesis 23:2).

Isaac was still grieving three years after his mother’s death (Genesis 24:67).

David wept when his friend Jonathan died (2 Samuel 1:12).

Job rent his robe and shaved his head at the loss of his children (Job 1:20).

Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus. (John 11:35)

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