The word of the Lord came to me: 16 “Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.” 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.
All I have to say is "ouch". Christians are supposed to be willing to lay everything down for God, but sometimes I don't think we realize just what that means. If god told me he was going to take away someone close to me, I can't imagine that I'd be willing or even able to preach his word the next day. Especially if it meant I had to deny my own inner suffering. I can't imagine what Ezekiel was thinking, but what a powerful sign it would have been to those who saw him after this happened.
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