by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, Decision-making, Emotional pain, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Guilt, Healing, Hope, Jesus' return, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Relationships, Sadness, Service, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
Loss hits us on every level. Loss impacts our emotions, thoughts, bodies, and relationships. It shakes our hearts, minds, and souls. Some losses seem to affect everything. Our world has been altered. Everything is different.The pain is deep. Our souls cry out. How do...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, Decision-making, Depression, Emotional pain, Faith, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from the past, Hope, loss of loved one, Love, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Service, Spiritual growth, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Trauma recovery, Worry
For the last several weeks, we’ve been talking about things that steal our peace – peace of mind, peace of heart, and peace in our relationships. We introduced some Peace Thieves – 10 things most of us struggle with in grief and in life. In case you...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Faith, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Peace, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Sadness, Self-destructive behaviors, Spiritual questioning, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicidal thoughts, Worry
We’re made for connection. We’re designed for relationships. No wonder this hurts. No wonder our hearts are broken. No wonder we feel lost sometimes. The grief journey is hard, hard, hard. How we navigate this journey matters – both to ourselves and...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anniversaries, Anxiety, Depression, Emotional pain, Faith, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Holiday grief, Hope, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Peace, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Relationships, Sadness, Self-destructive behaviors, Service, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Stress Management, Suicidal thoughts, Worry
Loss tends to create questions. Lots and lots of questions. How did this happen? Why? What do I do now? How do I handle this? What’s next? Most grieving hearts are dealing with multiple questions almost all the time. And our questions are hardly ever...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Love, Physical illness, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Sadness, Spiritual growth, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Trauma recovery
Loss is painful. Grief is challenging. In fact, sometimes the whole loss and grief process can seem like a solo, unassisted climb of Mount Everest. Personally, I’ve hiked some mountains, but I haven’t actually “climbed” any (where you need...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Emotional pain, Family relationships, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, loss of loved one, Love, Peace, Relationships, Spiritual growth, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
Recently, we had another Virtual Hangout via Zoom. Our topic was When Someone Offends You. I received such good response from this session that I decided to share with everyone some of what we covered. First of all, we’re all going be offended. Jesus told us,...
