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Walking through Grief and Loss
Here, find authentic words of understanding and hope from people who have been there, where life hurt hard—dealing with cancer or another health diagnosis, divorce, the loss of a loved one, or something else they once held dear. Through their stories, we hope you’ll hear God lovingly inviting you to voice your hurts and find healing in Him through the language of lament.
Articles to Help You Walk Through Grief and Loss
How to Tell God You’re Hurting When Things Don’t Go as Planned
The story our culture tells us—and even some misguided churches—is that health, wealth, and prosperity can and should be ours. As Americans, we are often led to believe we are entitled to these things. We are led to believe life should be easy, and we should be happy.
So, of course, when life crashes hard, we believe something must be wrong with us....
God, Why Aren’t You Doing Something?
Often when we want God to do something, the solution wouldn’t require much of him. A quick nod. A spoken word. An answered prayer. In the grand scheme of things, just a small miracle.
But as much as we think we know, the reality is this: we’re not God, and we don’t know best....
When Broken Becomes Beautiful: Learning the Language of Lament
If we don’t allow painful emotions to surface, then we are setting expectations for ourselves that even God cannot meet. Nobody laments more than God Himself. And we are called to be like Him.
What a kind God we have, who has warned us that pain in this life will come and has given us a language to relate to Him in the midst of it....
Books to Help You Walk through Grief and Loss
A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss
By Jerry Sittser
With vulnerability and honesty, Jerry Sittser walks through his own grief and loss to show that new life is possible — one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple blessings.
When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty
By Joni Eareckson Tada
After more than 30 years in a wheelchair, Joni Eareckson Tada’s intimate experience with suffering gives her a special understanding of God’s intentions for you in your pain. With firmness and compassion, Joni reveals a God big enough to understand your suffering, wise enough to allow it—and powerful enough to use it for a greater good.
Where Is God When It Hurts?
By Philip Yancey
"If there is a loving God, then why … ?" You’ve heard that question, perhaps asked it yourself.
In this award–winning book, Philip Yancey reveals a God who is neither capricious nor unconcerned. Using examples from the Bible and from his own experiences, Yancey looks at pain—physical, emotional, and spiritual—and helps us understand why we suffer.
Relentless: The Unshakeable Presence of a God Who Never Leaves
By Michele Cushatt
Where is God when life is filled with so much suffering? How can I be sure of God's presence and affection, even in my pain? Can you believe in God and still wrestle with questions and doubt? These are the questions honestly explored in Relentless.
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