I just returned from an overseas trip. I was teaching administrators on servant leadership. To start the group off, I had the participants share about their life. I noticed a trend amongst the leaders as they shared; they would either state they had a happy childhood or...
Read More
Don’t Beat Yourself Up There are times in our lives when tragedy can create movies in our mind that play over and over. In time, this repetition can be torturous. If we have lost a loved one, we may have a series of “what ifs” running through our mind....
Read More
Do You Want Your Prison Doors Opened? Many times the result of our losses can make us feel like we are in a prison; a prison of despair, depression, hopelessness, or misery. We can see that the apostles were put in prison because they were exhibiting God’s power, through...
Read More
Is your heart one with the Lord? “But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” 1 Corinthians 6:17 Your heart may feel like it is far from the Lord right now. Take comfort in knowing that He understands. However, we cannot be joined if...
Read More
How Long is Forever? Can we comprehend the concept of “forever”? Everything we know has a beginning and an end. This makes it difficult for our minds to imagine God not having a beginning and an end. When we put our trust in only God, and compare the...
Read More
My daughters and mom all get their nails done every other week. They fret when one breaks. They tend to reach for the superglue to prevent further tearing. Many reach for the superglue (anything outside of God’s word) when they are experiencing a loss trying to piece together their life....
Read More
Looking Back Many times in our grief we feel like we are not making progress. I laugh when I think of the statement I made when I first started Grief Share. I declared, “I am here to find out the tools I need to fix this grief so I...
Read More
It all started with a pair of socks. As I was sitting at my kitchen table eating breakfast, my puppy came strutting into the kitchen with a pair of socks in her mouth. She pounced on her bed and dropped them. She looked over at me to see what...
Read More
