| Knowledge of Gods Love [ 34] By: dianam | |
| It is both a wonderful and terrible aspect of God’s love that when we lose someone we love, the deep pain we feel can draw us closer to God, the author of life and death. As Christians all our relationships are a triangle, with one another and God at the head. Our deepest selves are connected to one another and to God because it is in Him we live and love and have our true being. |
| Why Do We Experience Grief? [ 30] By: skytmcco | |
| Everyone is familiar with feelings of grief. These feelings range from mild, momentary unhappiness to feelings of intense and acute emotional suffering that take a long time to heal. These feelings can be caused by disappointment, discouragement, fustration, trouble, difficulty, a sense of futility, deep regret or some specific loss, disaster, misfortune, accident, or mishap. |
| A Balloonful of Love [ 37] By: annvan | |
| My husband's tongue and cheek muscles have also fallen prey to ALS (Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis) and he has difficulty enunciating his words clearly. But our desire to live each moment that we are granted has led us to make the decision that “I’m gonna live, live, live until I die”. |
| Enduring Love [ 33] By: annvan | |
| It is a mystery — how in the midst of my husband's dying I can feel our shared love, our shared lives so poignantly and passionately while simultaneously withdrawing emotional energy from our relationship. |
| Of Death, Dying and the Possibility of a Hereafter [ 53] By: helfant | |
| Discussion by a cardiologist of how both he and a dying patient had a spiritual experience which convinced him that death is a transition, not an ending. |
| For THEM I Cry [ 62] By: imported | |
| Story of one woman coming to terms with her mortality and the effect that her death will have upon her children. |
| When You Lose Someone You Love: A Personal Journey Through the Heart of Grief [ 73] By: imported | |
| I heard a shotgun blast. I must have been hit because I was down and felt it in my stomach. I was lying on the ground of a parking lot in the dark scared, hurt and alone, not knowing if I would live or die. |
| Lessons from the Dying [ 83] By: Barbara C. Phillips, Np | |
| What can we learn from those who are dying? Lots! |
| Overcoming Grief [ 68] By: Brian Jones | |
| During my first year of college a life-long family friend and mentor tragically lost his son. Separated by distance, I assumed that his Christian friends, the staff at his church, and his Sunday school class would step in and wrap their arms around him and his wife. Needless to say I was surprised, one year later, when we were able to finally meet face to face. |
| A Friendship Too Brief [ 111] By: Kenneth Hoffman | |
| A friend in need can be the best kind of friend. |