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Category Archives: Loss
Deeply acquainted with your death
Are you dancing lightly on the surface of the earth and ready to leave at a moment’s notice? Continue reading
Posted in Death, Eternal life, Eternal security, Fear of death, Heaven, Loss, Sadness, Wisdom
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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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The outcome of our suffering
Sometimes we are not sure of all the purposes involved in our suffering. I am encouraged by the hope that the outcome would be a display of… Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Loss, Pain, Suffering, Trials, Wisdom
Tagged confused by suffering, enduring suffering, Hardships, Suffering, the suffering of Job, Trials, why we suffer
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Wisdom for trials and suffering
“He knows the way he takes,” even if for the moment we do not. Perhaps God is preparing us for forms of service of which at present we have no inkling. Continue reading
Posted in Blessed by God, discouraged, Discouragement, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Loss, Questioning God, Seeking God, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom
Tagged feeling discouraged, loss of hope, suffering and god, Suffering for Christ, Trials of Job, Trials of life, what to do when discouraged
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Depression – a balanced understanding
This is a good time to revisit and better understand the dark shadows of depression that creep over the souls of many. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Doctor, Holistic ministry, Loss, Medicine, Psychology, Sadness, Suicide, Wisdom
Tagged Death, Depression, Despair, loneliness, lonely, loss of hope, Suffering, Suicide, winter blues
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Life is often a winding and troubled road
The point of many biblical stories is to help us feel in our bones (not just know in our heads) that God is for us in strange turns of life. Continue reading
Posted in Christian life, Christianity, Disciple-making, Discipleship, Discipline, discouraged, Discouragement, Following Christ, In Christ, Loss, New Christian, Spiritual disciplines, Suffering, Trials, Wisdom
Tagged Discipleship, Discouragement, Following Christ, following Jesus, Suffering
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Christmas is difficult for many
There is one less stocking than there was before. The table has been set with one less place… Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Loss, Sadness
Tagged Christmas devotional, lonely, loss at christmas, Tim Challies
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5 purposes of pain (C. S. Lewis)
C. S. Lewis gave us helpful insights into pain before he left this world to go to the place where “there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain” (Revelation 21:4). It was good for me to revisit his reflections on pain. Continue reading
Posted in C. S. Lewis, Death, Fear of death, Loss, Pain, purpose, Suffering, Trials
Tagged C. S. Lewis on pain, harships, pain and suffering, purpose of pain, Suffering, why suffer?
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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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