Learning to live after loss blog
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An Unwelcome Realization
How could I survive this great loss? And not just survive but have times of laughter and happiness. If grief is the price of love, how am I able to get out of bed? Does this mean I do not love my son?
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Let’s talk about that grief weight
God was doing a work in my heart to open my eyes to anything I was craving more than Him. Because nothing else could satisfy like Jesus.
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When Suffering Is Not Wasted
The same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead is at work in us in the form of the Holy Spirit testifying the Truth to our spirit that this pain, this suffering, is not wasted.
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Is God Enough?
Being content is being satisfied, finding what you have sufficient. I certainly did not find what I had sufficient. I found it woefully lacking. Is God really asking me to be content when a part of my heart is no longer here with me?
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Is God’s Grace Sufficient?
What does God’s sufficient grace really mean? God is shedding favor on me? It doesn’t feel like favor. I tried to do everything right. Did I deserve this? I loved God. I obeyed Him and served Him. I knew I was nothing without Him.
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Did our sin cause Nicholas to die?
My husband and I said early on that we were not going to blame each other. But I still cannot help but wonder if we brought about Nicholas’ death with sin.
