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Category Archives: Grieving
Honest thoughts about grief
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid…. At other times it feels like being mildly drunk, or concussed.
The death of a beloved is an amputation.
Posted in Grieving, Loss, Sadness, Suffering
Tagged CS Lewis, Grieving, Loss, widows grief, working through grief
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How should we understand death?
Consider ten truths about death revealed in the Bible. Continue reading
Posted in Death, Fear of death, Grieving, Loss, Sadness
Tagged Death, Fear of death, Loss, truth about death
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Communicating with the dead
The agony of losing loved ones and not hearing their voices can be excruciating. We miss them deeply and long to see them and be with them again. Continue reading
Posted in Comfort, Death, Fear of death, Grieving, Loss
Tagged Astrology, communicating with the dead, Diviners, Mediums, Necromancers, Ouija boards, Psychics, Séances, Sorcery, Spiritist, Witchcraft, Witches
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Nine things to know about widows
wise words of advice for those who care. Continue reading
Posted in Church, Death, Elders, elders in the Church, Fear of death, Grieving, Loss, Sadness, Widows
Tagged caring for widows, new widow, Widows, widows grief
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You will be resurrected
How final is death? Should we expect to be resurrected? Continue reading
Posted in Death, Death of Christ, Eternal life, Fear of death, feeling hopeless, Funeral, Grieving, Hope?, Loss, Resurrection
Tagged bodily resurrection, Easter, life after death, Resurrection
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Remedy for a heavy heart
A heavy heart finds comfort and relief when we turn to the worship of praise. We have a great example of this from the disciple whom Jesus loved. Continue reading
Posted in Cross of Jesus, Death of Christ, discouraged, Discouragement, Fear of death, feeling hopeless, Grieving, Hope?, Jesus Christ, Joy, Praise, Sadness, Salvation
Tagged Discouragement, Fear, heavy heart, Loss, praise, Sadness
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Responding to grief
Deep reflection on grief and grieving. Continue reading
Posted in Death, Grieving, Loss, Sadness, Suffering, Suicide
Tagged Death, Grief, Grieving, loss of a loved one, Sadness, working through grief
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Four servants of God who battled fierce despair
Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship
Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide
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Feeling discouraged?
We all know what it is like to feel discouraged. Take a moment and consider four recommendations for times of discouragement. Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Assurance, Burnout, Christian worldview, Comfort, Defeat?, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Encouragement, Eternal life, Eternal security, Fear, Fear of death, God's Love, Grieving, Hope?, Mercy
Tagged feeling defeated, Feeling depressed, feeling discouraged, feeling down, Feeling hopeless, what to do when discouraged
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