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Remembering, Reconnecting, And Rejoicing
Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 25, 2009 (message contributor)
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1. Remembering, Reconnecting, And Rejoicing: What God Gives To The Grieving
Contributed on Apr 25, 2009
Grieving healthily means remembering both positive and negative; it means connecting with others who can love us and whom we can love. In His own time God will give joy.
One of the laws of life is: To get something, you must give up something. To gain, you must also lose. We call that the tradeoff principle. We operate on the tradeoff principle every day. When you go to the grocery store and fill your basket, they have the audacity to expect you to pay for what ...read more
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2. Remembering, Reconnecting, And Rejoicing: Taking Charge Of Our Own Grief
Contributed on Apr 26, 2009
We take charge of reducing our grief when we first trust ourselves, then trust others in redemptive relationships, and ultimately trust God, who raised Christ from the dead.
Granger Westberg, in his little book, Good Grief, says that when you have something worth grieving about, then go ahead and grieve, but grieve in a healthy way. Westberg agrees that the Bible says, "Do not grieve as those do who have no hope", but that does not mean we do not grieve. When you have ...read more