I recently lost a family member. How can I get over my grief?
One of the hardest crosses to bear in this life is losing a loved one. “If only we could have one more day…” That is a common theme in the life of a surviving spouse or family member. It becomes even more difficult to bear when there is some type of guilt that lingers. “I wish I had just…”
This is a very comprehensive prayer. You may want to break it down into 7 parts and pray one part each day for one week.
Dear Heavenly Father,
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Welcome to the latest CIR Workshop: Survival from Life’s Tragedies and Abuses.
Each month CIR has a live workshop and discussion with a published author or expert in the Christian recovery field. The sessions are approximately one hour long: 1st part of the session the guest speaker will presents a premise or principles of their work and the 2nd part of the session you get a chance to ask questions and get answers with emphasis on life application in recovery.
Tonight our guest speaker is Jan Coates. She is the author of
Book Description
Learn how to heal your past using Biblical principles.
Are you suffering from an illness or sickness and getting better is a desirable goal whose achievement seems unobtainable? Then this self-help book on spiritual healing may be the answer to all your questions and the beginning of a new life of health and wellness.
Grief is an intense emotional suffering caused by personal loss. It involves acute sorrow, deep sadness, suffering, pain, and anguish. Bereavement can be defined more specifically as the grief that follows the death of a loved one. This chapter will focus primarily on that aspect of grief.
Bereavement is a difficult time. The bereaved person will often feel that his or her experience is unique, that no one has ever endured such a loss or suffered as he or she is suffering. There are cycles of healing to the pattern of grief, which permit the sorrowing person to recover in due time. For some, however, complete recovery never comes.
The cycle of healing from grief usually proceeds as follows:
Proverbs 23:22 RSV
Hearken to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Learn how to cope when you have experienced a devastating loss in your life.
