Common responses to grief

https://www.facebook.com/griefshare/posts/10156036212046105?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARClc_dQ8flO-YOq-AKnJV-wFN8yMCzEkqF8RuyDNro45OlzhRQMOk74GrG78McaBvxYaDe3n1_Mn-BXHDctp06vBVG0jdxCWpX25bp92B9C8YEDDZcW0PlRMiIl_XDy6cJ36BWcA6aDhJfFnifFQSSIci_9E6TWPi0ODXv_aGa7cbyMKyEL5loYckurw7nfcJ6_VCU-S32AZL_uwCzeoSEFNggn3XqC73SwB9d6Jd9TwL_f_pvfOJsRmcK-DU5CthK0c_9DdmYOo-3KViAJYFx5cG3ypex20H0C0ySBs7LSXO7Zcx9F6-SCNYSmA05JayHt1p03ZuVSaw&__tn__=-R "What have you stopped doing in the midst of your grief?" Honestly? I have stopped socially interacting with people. I have no energy or desire to chit-chat. Building new friendships? I'd like to, but the reality is that it takes time, vulnerability, and effort, all of which I don't have or want to risk expending....

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A pregnant kind of grief

Five months. I don't know how to put words to this grief. I don't know how to describe a pain that is indescribable. Like a pregnant woman who counts the days, weeks, and months of pregnancy, the bereaved, I, count the same. Only the days, weeks, and months I count are a painful tearing away...

Hopeless, helpless, or held?

Hmmm. It's not that I think God is ignoring me. Quite the contrary. But I am struggling with His sovereignty, to be honest. IS He really good? Oh, how satan is working hard trying to convince me that God is not good! How crazy is it that the enemy hasn't changed his tactics since the...

Processing grief

It's been just over 4 months since my precious mother died. I still don't have adequate words to describe what it's like walking this journey of grief once again. Every day, I find myself on the verge of tears. Every day, I find myself wanting to pick up the phone and call her. Every day,...

He’s Right There In Your Kitchen

Sharing words I needed to hear this morning from author and speaker Tammy Nischan. Read: He's Right There In Your Kitchen

Declares the LORD

This was my mom’s favorite verse. It was a “GodNod” to me as I read it in one of my YouVersion Bible app devotional plans this morning. But I’ll be honest. Some of God’s word scrapes raw on me. “…plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” Well,...

The calendar of grief

I knew it yesterday. I knew it the week before. It was coming, this anniversary, this mark of dread, this day. This is the day my life fell apart, once again. My world shaken, broken, scattered into a million-gazillion pieces. The disbelief and shock remain. They haven’t lessened. In fact, my mom’s absence seems more...

For the broken and hurting today (on Christmas)

For the broken and hurting today (on Christmas), I want you to know this: That while a good majority of people are happily celebrating Christmas with their families today, I know that a great majority are weeping for those who no longer sit at the table. I am one of those who weep, whose heart...

When everything comes crashing down

You know all those plates you're spinning, my friend? They started out pretty cool, I know. At first, it was fun. It was exciting. Everything was humming along, and you had it all under control. But somewhere along the way, a plate started to wobble. Things weren't going so smoothly anymore and little by little,...