Have I told you lately that I love you? You see two waters up here today. That means you’re going to get a double-barrel sermon. In the past sixteen weeks since mental illness took Matthew’s life one of the passages of the Bible that has encouraged me the most is 2...
While degrees of emotion vary from person to person, grief almost always runs this course: Initial shock. The moment when the news first comes, either over the phone or in person. Sometimes this initial shock leaves the survivor stunned, numb to the huge surge of...
Grief – an intense emotional suffering caused by personal loss Grief involves acute sorrow, deep sadness, suffering, pain, and anguish. Bereavement – the grief that follows the death of a loved one. This person will often feel that his/her experience is unique, that...
“Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.” Isaiah 53:4 Grief is one of the most painful emotions we will ever experience. Grief is our reaction to the loss of someone or something...
Grief and loss are inevitable parts of our lives. Most of us have experienced different kinds of grieving and loss, and the longer we live, the more we tend to see. Since they’re unavoidable, the question becomes how we can face such devastating impacts on our lives....