God in the grief

A lesson on grief being an everyday part of our lives, and not making excuses for grief. scriptures used: Luke 14:16 Ps. 15:1-2 Ps 90:17 kathy can be reached at godinthegrief@gmail.com intro music by Rocky Grasser

Someday, someone might write a list of things they learned from you. What might that be? Do we have a purpose? The episode brings out 4 purposes we can always have no matter what difficulties we might be facing. scriptures used: 1 Peter 2:9 2 Cor 5: 18-21 Ecc. 12: 13-14 Eph 4:3 Rom. 8;28 2 Tim 3:10 It ends with things I learned from Isaac in his short 17 years. intro music by Rocky Grasser kathy c...

Be the things you loved most about the people who are gone. Be is to be in a real state of existence. 7 things God wants us to be and 2 things he told us not to be. 9 things that the apostles encouraged us to be. review of the things I've learned from Michael from my grief journal. scriptures used: Matthew 5:4,6,9,12,48. Matthew 11:6 Matthew 14:27 Matthew 17:7 Matthew 24:6, 44 Acts 2:25 acts 13:47...

When we think about the depth of God's love for us it will help us have strength in our sorrows. A beautiful comparison of how great and small God's love is. scriptures used: 1 John 4:7 Deuteronomy 6:5 intro music by rocky grasser ending song by mercy me found on amazon music if God has helped you in grief contact me and tell me about it. kathy can be reached at godinthegrief@gmail.com

Sometimes we can become so emotionally cluttered that we are not able to benefit from what God is trying to help us with right now. learn to sit and declutter with God's Word. scriptures used: Mark 6 the whole chapter quotes used: Get rid of clutter and you may just find that it was blocking the door you've been looking for. Katrina Mayer intro music by Rocky Grasser kathy can be reached at godint...

song, I love you will still sound the same by Oh Honey on amazon. Album called with love. This episode is a nostalgic walk down memory lane with love coming along. scriptures used: Psalms 113:3 Philippians 2:2 also a reference to 1 Corinthians 13

fear is real, and it can have unwanted consequences. So we want to recognize when fear is working on us and have some tools to combat it. I talk about 8 things fear will do to us and give us 8 ideas to combat it. Told using 8 stories in the Bible and then a scripture of how we can deal with fear. intro music by Rocky Grasser kathy can be reached at godinthegrief@gmail.com

The scope of what we cannot see is vast. God never meant us to see everything all at once, It would overwhelm us. He meant for us to trust and use faith. story: "gather up the fragments" in the book , Mountain Trailways by Mrs. Charles Cowman. scriptures mentioned: John 6:12 Ecc. 8:17 Ps 139:1-14 2 kings 6:17 (Elisha and his servant) Numbers 22 (Balaam and the donkey) Job 23:8-9 Kathy can be reach...

God will often comfort us in signs. For me it was birds. God gave Rocky a special sunset. Whatever it is we can be comforted by these things. scriptures used: Isaiah 51:18 Ps. 23 Isaiah 57:18 Isaiah 38:7

Tthose memory bursts make holidays hard, but we can do this. How to think and deal with the holidays when you are grieving a loved one. scripture mentioned: 1 Thess. 4:13 book mentioned: Kisses for Katie by Katie Majors Daring to Hope by Kaite Majors intro music by Rocky Grasser Kathy can be reached at godinthegrief@gmail.com

If you focus on hurt you will continue to suffer but if you focus on the lesson, you will continue to grow. scriptures used: job 36:2-12 Proverbs 10:3 Romans 8:17 1 Cor. 13:4 2 Cor. 1:3-7 Philipians 1:29 make a gratitude list of the ways God used your pain to help you. Poem: Looking Back by Katherine Grasser Intro music: by Rocky Grasser Kathy can be reached at godinthegrief@gmail.com

Paul reminds us that beholding the glory of the Lord will transform us. 2 Cor 3:18. we are transformed into his likeness by looking intently into who he is. Ruth Simon. scriptures in Psalms that go along with beholding his glory. Ps. 24:8 Ps 24:9 Ps 57:8 Ps 62:7 Ps 63:2 Ps 138:5 The story of Lazareth retold. being transformed into the image of God is just as much of a miracle as Lazareth walking o...

The experience of God in our grief allows us to bare our sorrows bravely, and the freedom that comes from serving God, especially the freedom in the mind allows room for us to believe and rejoice, not fret and doubt. scriptures used: Colossians 1:19-22 Acts 16' 19-25 Ps 119: 43-47 Is 61:1-3 and correlation scripture Luke 4:8 John 8;31-32 " You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free!...

Ps 46:1 says, God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. a closer look at what this verse means for us in our time of need right now. ending with a story of the culvert from my journal. kathy can be reached at godinthegrief@gmail.com

Do you know that sorrow can show us many things in life we would never learn otherwise? The difference between shallow happiness and deep sustaining joy comes out of sorrow. examples in Nehimiah and Esther The realization of what was (our sorrow) to what is (God), and what will be (our hope) is the ingredients for joy. God in the sorrow = joy through our sorrow.

What reality do we look to in our grief? John 8;32 ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. When we base our foundation for life and death on the foundation of God's Word it will help our perspective of grief. book mentioned: A Grace Disguised by Gerald Sittser intro music by Rocky Grasser kathy can be reached at godinthegrief@gmail.com Photo in icon of Michael before we adopted h...

Seven bullet points of ways to preserve your loved ones memory. Ending with a poem I wrote of my boys. Several quotes used and examples of people that wrote things down in the bible to preserve the message. Kathy can be reached at godinthegrief@gmail.com comments welcome music by my husband, Rocky Grasser.

Sometimes after a loss a person may find themselves in survival mode; unable to make decisions, feeling fatigued. An array of many symptoms occur during this time. How can you help someone in this mode and how can you, as a grieving person, get out of this mode. "At the end of the day, all you need is hope and strength, Hope that it will get better and strength to hold on until it does and God is...

When I saw God as great and powerful in the good times then I could still grasp who He was in the hard times. Thoughts about Abraham and what he needed to remember in order to obey. Genesis 17:1 Don't dwell on what is taken, dwell on what is given. kathy can be reached at godinthegrief@gmail.com comments welcome

Ever feel like you wish you could understand or see the "why" you had to go through so much grief? My journey for understanding when I asked the question, "Lord, can I see?" refences from King James Bible Mark 10:46-52 Psalms 69:3 and verses 30-36 Psalms 27:13-14 The story of Paul's shipwreck is in Acts 27 God has allowed me, by faith, to see many things He is doing. Always pray to have eyes that...

Our loved ones are gone, we remain here. What remains with us to help us through? scriptures used: Gen. 7:23 Gen. 8:22 1 Kings 18:22 Proverbs 2:21 Matt. 14:20 john 15:7-11 Heb. 4:9-11 2 Cor. 3:11 2 Cor. 9:9 1 Thess. 4:15-18 Kathy can be reached at godinthegrief@gmail.com

What happens when people don't deal with grief properly. Not that there is a proper way that everyone should follow, each experience is individualized but that we want to avoid not dealing with grief, and getting unwanted results. listed in the podcast are some things I've noticed in people that won't deal with the grief, and some suggestions for how to deal with it in a better, healthier way. Poe...

This quote from Michael, brought cheer to my heart. God is also asking this question in our grief, How do we like him now? Now that he showed himself strong, and promised us a place in heaven? Many scriptures speak of this eternal life promised to us.

The person at the top of the mountain didn't fall there. They got there with effort. They struggled, enjoyed the view and had lots of experiences along the way. Zacchaeus as an example in Luke 19 scriptures used: Gal 5:7 Heb 11:6 2 Cor. 2:14 1 John 5:4 Rom 12:21 Psalms 61:2 used King James Version story read from Light From Many Lamps by Lillian Watson intro music by Rocky Grasser kathy can be rea...

If you are in the fire, be thankful you get to walk with God. He will be there in the fire with you. You will come out unharmed by your circumstances. You will make God visible. This is the story Daniel told of the 3 Hebrew children. They stood determined to trust God. How about you? Do you show God in your fire? Story is Daniel chapter 3 in the Bible. Song, , They didn't burn , from an old campme...