Grief 01: Where Sorrow and Motherhood Meet
Motherhood brings a flood of emotions and experiences. We know the laughter and the joy, the frustrations and the hardships, but what about when motherhood brings grief? Whether we’ve had to encounter death, trudge through the deep pain of a chronic disease or disability, or we’ve felt the sting of a circumstance gone wrong, life in a fallen world eventually brings tears and heartache. In this episode, Emily and Laura launch a new mini-series by exploring the origins of sorrow in Scripture, considering what we can learn from others’ stories, and providing three truths we can cling to as we navigate motherhood in the midst of sorrow. No matter what hurt we walk through in this life—and we know the pain can cut unimaginably deep—we have the hope of knowing that Christ has defeated death, and one day our suffering will be no more.
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Liturgies for Grieving Moms
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R|M Apply Questions:
Think about a time when you’ve experienced grief. (This may be an event in your life that changed everything for you, or it may be a smaller life event that brought sadness and hurt.) What were some of the emotions you experienced, and how did you process them?
How have you experienced grief in the context of motherhood, and how did you process it? If nothing immediately comes to mind, can you think of a season in motherhood where you felt “off” or unusually stressed or angry? Looking back, might you have been grieving?
Emily and Laura share three truths about grief that we can hold onto as we walk through hard seasons. Spend some time reading each truth and corresponding passage of Scripture, and pray that the Lord would meet you in a current season of grief, or prepare your heart with these truths for a future season of grief:
It’s okay to grieve >> Read John 11:28-37.
In this passage, we see that Jesus wept at the death of Lazarus. What can we learn from his response when we see and experience death in this world?
God is with us when we grieve >> Read Psalm 34:18.
How does knowing God is near to you in your sorrow change the comfort that you have in the midst of grief?
Grief is a tool for our sanctification >> Read Ecclesiastes 7:3.
This can be a tough truth to process through, but ask the Lord to give you eyes to see how he may use your grief for his glory.
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