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Job 14:5, “Man’s days are determined, you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.” Death is a reality of sobering thought for every person! We don’t know when or how it will come, but we do know it will come. Scripture tells us that our days are numberedContinue reading “Devotional: Man’s Days are Numbered”

Genesis 38:12, “After a long time Judah’s wife….died. When Judah had recovered from his grief…. It may seem like recovery from grief will never come, but it will. You’ll never be the same, but you will recover to a new normal that you did not choose nor desire. Judah’s wife died and there was aContinue reading “Devotional: Recovering From Grief”

Exodus 3:7, “The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.” In this passage in Exodus, God informs Moses that He is very much aware of the needs of the children ofContinue reading “Devotional: “Does God Care?””

“When your spouse dies suddenly, the last time you were together is very significant. You remember the last conversation, the last touch, and the surroundings. It’s as though somebody hit the “freeze” button and the movie of your life stopped at that instant. You play it over and over in your mind.”H. Norman Wright

Genesis 37:34-35, Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “in the mourning will I go down to the grave to my son.” So his father wept for him. ThoughContinue reading “Devotional: Refusing to be Comforted”

Genesis 35:8, “Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethuel. so it was named Allon Bacuth.” (Allon Bacuth means “oak of weeping.”) In this passage, we see the importance of places when it comes to grief. As we experience the loss of family or close friends, often certain places weContinue reading “Devotional: “Oak of Weeping””

Genesis 32:28, “Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel.” The name “Israel” means “wrestles with God.” At times in our lives we all could possibly have our name changed to Israel, as we all wrestle with God, at some point in our lives. In particular, are those times ofContinue reading “Devotional: “Wrestling with God””

According to H. Norman Wright, “our memories have a built-in fade mechanism over which we have little control.” In his book, Reflections of a Grieving Spouse, Wright encourages the development of a “memory book,” or my choice is a “memory box.” A memory book would be considered a scrapbook where a person would put pictures,Continue reading “The Gift of Memories”

Why do we have to go through grief? What is the purpose? Grief is about basically four things? H. Norman Wright, Reflections of a Grieving Spouse, page 41.