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One Hebrew word changed how I understand grief.

In English, grief sounds like sadness. An emotion you feel, then slowly move past. But in Ecclesiastes, the Hebrew word avel is used. Avel does not describe a feeling. It describes a condition that hangs over life. It is the heaviness that does not leave quickly. The quiet weight you carry into ordinary days. The sense that something good ended, and nothing replaced it. This kind of grief is familiar to those who have lived long enough to lose. Not just people, but seasons. Roles. Versions of yourself. Scripture does not rush avel. It names it, and lets it stay. Avel reminds us that grief is not a phase you fail to exit. Sometimes it is simply part of being faithful to what mattered. #BibleStudy #HebrewWord #Grief #Loss #FaithAndAging