Good Grief
The Process of Grieving In the last post we talked about the importance of grieving a loss thoroughly. Today we’ll talk more about the “How’s” of that process. Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, in her work with dying cancer patients, was the first to identify the stages of grief. Even though each person’s situation…
Filling the Holes
Dealing with Loss This week we‘ve been looking at three special tools God gave us to resolve the past issues that have kept us stuck: Forgiveness—when someone has hurt us. (Letting Go) Confession/Repentance—when WE did something wrong. (God’s Grace) And today: Grieving—when we have…
God’s Grace
Even when it’s our fault Just like those that hurt us (see last week’s Letting Go post), we hurt others in many ways. Sometimes we do it intentionally. Selfishly. We say something in anger that cuts to the bone. Wegossip. We ignore another person’s needs or requests. Other times we do it by…
Words from Edgar
I‘m interrupting our series to share something surprising that I ran across today: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1847) It appears that author Edgar Allan Poe had a very difficult life. His father abandoned the family when he was just a year old and his mother died a year later from pulmonary tuberculosis. These two tragedies…
Letting Go
Letting God It’s impossible to get through this life without being wounded bypeople who cross our path. Sometimes those wounds are intentional—an evil or insensitive person actually sets out to do us harm. But far more frequently we get hurt because of someone else’s brokenness or cluelessness. They didn’t mean to cause pain, but…
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