by Bob | Mar 21, 2009 | Comfort, Grief, Grieving, Healing, Les Mis
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses:How to Find Hope When You’re HurtingPost 17: God ComesSo far on our journey we have approached three road markers leading to three decision points.*Confronting road marker one on our destination, we choose to move from denial to...
by Bob | Mar 20, 2009 | Grief, Grieving
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses:How to Find Hope When You’re HurtingPost 16: Making Room for GodWhat about you? Yesterday we explored how we can journey with others helping them to move from works to crying out to God in total dependence. But what about your path from...
by Bob | Mar 19, 2009 | Grief, Grieving, Healing
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses:How to Find Hope When You’re HurtingPost 15: God’s MegaphoneHow do you help others to move from a self-sufficient, works-oriented, bargaining with God response to suffering? How do you help your hurting, grieving spiritual friends to...
by Bob | Mar 18, 2009 | Grief, Grieving, Lament, Psalms of Lament
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses:How to Find Hope When You’re HurtingPost 14: Does God Have Your Attention?When loss hits we are typically so shocked that we numb and deny. Our caring God gently urges us toward candor—honesty with ourselves. Because He knows all, He...
by Bob | Mar 15, 2009 | God's Healing, Grief, Grieving
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses:How to Find Hope When You’re HurtingPost 13: Crying Out to GodStage one of the grieving process moves from denial to candor, stage two from angry to complaint, and stage three from bargaining and works to crying out to God for...
by Bob | Mar 15, 2009 | God's Healing, Grief, Grieving, Healing, Lament, Psalms of Lament
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses:How to Find Hope When You’re HurtingPost 12: Your Dark Night of the Soul What about you? Yesterday we explored how we can journey with others helping them to move from anger to complaint/lament. But what about your path from anger that...