Perspectives on grief during Lent
Grief is a terrible, personal experience—everybody goes through it at some point in their...
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The Monster In Your Closet - #5720
Your sins have been paid for. You don't ever have to pay for them if you give yourself to Jesus. And death will be just your graduation to eternal life in heaven. But if you have never totally trusted Jesus as your Savior from your sin, you have no hope of heaven.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-monster-in-your-closet-5720
The Painful Road to Beauty - #5719
Any person you know who reflects the radiance and the beauty of a life filled with God, I can guarantee you they have gotten that way, not primarily through their good times but through their great pain and struggle of the stripping processes of God.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-painful-road-to-beauty-5719
Mourning - a Christian perspective
Christians are not promised a life free of grief, but as this passage indicates, they can ultimately count on God to comfort and restore them.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2030:11-12&version=NIV
Grief in the Bible: Psalm 31:8-10
Have you ever felt broken down and at your wit's end? The writer of this psalm can relate; in this passage, he appeals to God for help and relief from the grief and pain he's experiencing. God does not neglect such a cry, but provides safety and comfort.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2031:8-10&version=NIV
"Jesus Wept" in the Bible: John:11.35
The shortest verse in the Bible, these two words speak eloquently about the humanity of Jesus Christ.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John.11.35&version=NIV
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Believing in Spring
Hope is hard to come by during the "winter" seasons of your life, like the loss of someone you love. Sometimes someone close to you dies suddenly, and the grief is almost unbearable. You are overwhelmed. ... You are able to talk about the hope factor when your life is anchored to a personal relationship with the one who created you. You can know that death cannot ultimately win. Death is reduced to being a painful interruption. It can be very painful, but only an interruption.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Hope/Believing-in-Spring
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Last Monster in the Dark
Are you scared to die? Does thinking about your death make you nervous about eternity? You don't have to be afraid of that monster in the dark anymore. ... The Word of God in I Corinthians 15:54 says, "Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where oh death is your victory? Where Oh death is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law, but thanks be to God, He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." There's the last monster—the one that lurks in the dark no matter how old we are—death.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Death/The-Last-Monster-in-the-Dark
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Only an Interruption
Life's partings are tough, especially when someone we love slips into eternity. Death tears us up inside, and the grief seems almost unbearable. If you and your loved one belong to Jesus, then this is not the termination of your relationship. Only because of Jesus Christ, can this interruption be bearable.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Death/Only-an-Interruption
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Difference Between Life and Death
There are eight powerful words from Zephaniah 3:17 in God's Word. It simply says, "The Lord your God...is mighty to save." He really is. He has both the love and the power to do whatever it takes to save you from the emptiness and turbulence of a life away from God and from the awful agony of an eternity without Him. God is in the saving business.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Death/The-Difference-Between-Life-and-Death
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - A Hurt Too Big to Handle - #8128
Their daughter had been counting down to her wedding when it happened. The day before, she had journaled about how her life had been pretty easy so far, and she didn’t know how she could handle something terrible happening. Well, the next day it did and she said, “His grace really is sufficient.” ... You know, it really is. That’s why tragedy or the fear of one doesn’t have to take you on a massive detour from a life that matters.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/A-Hurt-Too-Big-to-Handle-8128