Grief Bites: A New Approach to Growing Through GriefSample

Grief, loss, and hardships can leave you feeling resentful, hurt, helpless, and powerless.

During life’s tough events, we have 2 choices: resent God and our grief...OR...embrace God and our grief.

When we grow bitter with resentment, we deny ourselves an incredible opportunity...the opportunity to know and understand God at a richer, more intimate level, as well as the opportunity to experience HIS hope and love that only He can pour into a hurting heart.

Oftentimes, grief feels as though we are dragging ourselves through a rugged valley with little or no relief. During these tough times, we must condition ourselves to run a good race.

Running to God during times of grief has a GREAT reward: it will lead you to His very heart and this will eventually enable you to experience greater JOY...authentic JOY!

Trust God today and embrace Him with everything you've got! He is watching over you and He will never leave or forsake you! Even when a situation seems hopeless, He always has a plan to see you through...He is there for the entire life-long marathon.

We must be patient and allow Him to work our grief out to completion as we condition ourselves to win the race.
It is very tempting to hurry our grief or try to get though our grief with our own human efforts and strength. It is vital to keep the faith and trust God...especially if our own nature is telling us differently.

We must allow God to paint the entirety of our individual grief’s picture so that He receives the credit for what He accomplishes through our situations of grief or loss.

When life doesn’t make sense, pour your heart out to Him. Share with Him how you feel. He is an awesome refuge. He has the great power of truly lifting you out of the most difficult situations in life and calming all anxiety on your toughest days.

Put your life back on God's "easel" and allow Him to paint the rest of the picture to completion. Trust Him, He truly is good! He is faithful to lift you up in due time.