Vilomah- Grief When You Outlive Your Children

 

You can be the best parent

Giving love day to day

But life can change in an instant

Your children can pass away

Then, with no one to pass on

Gone the loved ones your lived for

This is called vilomah

Or against the natural order

This grief cuts the deepest of all

For gone is your heart, in part

Mourning your hope of the future

Before it could ever start

The Bible shows this kind of sorrow

When David wept bitterly for his son

Or Job whose children were robbed of tomorrows

Still, for greatness these men were not done

Grief can strike you to the core

Even to make it hard to breathe

Ever there's strength in the Lord

Who tends to your wounds, as you grieve

If you know someone who suffers

From Vilomah, just love on them

Fill their empty arms with hugs, often

And be a listening ear

Pastor Greg Locke

@pastorlocke

Sanskrit word “Vilomah” — it means “against the natural order.” That’s why this grief cuts so much deeper. It’s not just losing someone you love — it’s losing a part of your future, your heart, and everything you hoped for. It’s completely unnatural. It’s confusing. It takes your breath away. The Bible shows us this kind of sorrow, like when David wept bitterly for Absalom or when Job lost all his children in one day. It shakes a parent to the core. The pain doesn’t really go away. It just changes.
But thank God, He is close to the brokenhearted and He binds up their wounds. If you know a parent who’s been through this, just love on them, sit with them, and give them grace. They need it more than you know

You can be the best parent Giving love day to day But life can change in an instant Your children can pass away Then, with no one to pass on Gone the loved ones you lived for This is called vilomah Or against the natural order [Pre-Chorus] This grief cuts the deepest of all For gone is your heart, in part Mourning your hope of the future Before it could ever start [Chorus] Vilomah Vilomah Against the natural order Vilomah Vilomah God, hold what was torn asunder [Verse 2] The Bible shows this kind of sorrow When David wept bitterly for his son Or Job whose children were robbed of tomorrows Still, for greatness these men were not done Grief can strike you to the core Even to make it hard to breathe Ever there's strength in the Lord Who tends to your wounds, as you grieve [Pre-Chorus] This grief cuts the deepest of all For gone is your heart, in part Mourning your hope of the future Before it could ever start [Chorus] Vilomah Vilomah Against the natural order Vilomah Vilomah God, hold what was torn asunder [Bridge] If you know someone who suffers From Vilomah, just love on them Fill their empty arms with hugs, often And be a listening ear for them [Final Chorus] Vilomah Vilomah Against the natural order Vilomah Vilomah 

God, hold what was torn asunder.