An Anchor of Hope in the Depths of Grief | Priscilla Shirer
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- You've probably seen Priscilla Shirer speaking on a stage or read one of her many books or Bible studies. She is a powerhouse in the Kingdom of God, yet behind the scenes she and her family have been dealing with incredible loss and grief over the last couple years. Join Colleen Swindoll Thompson and Priscilla Shirer for a candid conversation about the many facets of grief.
Listen in to learn:
• The gifts we can give others on their grieving journey
• How grief is a process
• Why we are able to grieve with hope
• How to navigate work, life, and relationships while grieving
• The glimpses of God’s grace in the losses
We pray this episode encourages your soul and spirit and helps you grip God’s anchor of hope in your grief.
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🎉i so sorry for your loss
I was widowed at age 28. Now 88 years. When the pain gets too much i stop and think my husband would be hurt at my pain, its as if his legacy is the cause of my grief . This is a band aid i know, however i know he would he he would never hurt me
This gets me to the next day
I learned to be strong to make him proud of me. Im crying as i write this
Hope it helps. 9:10
Excellent video. I lost my dad in 2021 and the first 6 months was just terrible. I had to be strong for my mum. My brothers living abroad couldn't attend the funeral and that just broke my heart. I remember crying out to God , " please take my grief" ....I instantly felt His comfort and strength. Today we talk about my dad with a joy in our hearts. Dad knew Jesus intimately and that was our consolation.
My dear we have the same testimony 😔😔may God continue to strengthen us indeed
❤Love this conversation! It helps alot!
Thank you for sharing.💔😢😢 We lost our 30 year old daughter unexpectedly, in car accident , in October .. She was a single Mom.. and Our granddaughter ( 8 years old) was protected in the vehicle..
6 weeks prior to this we lost my sister, my best friend, to a 2 year battle with cancer.. Our hearts are shattered.. and deepens as I look into the eyes of my sweet little granddaughter’s eyes.. and hear “Maw, I wish Momma could come back from heaven.. I just miss her”
Without Jesus, I would not be here.. some days I’m still not sure how I’m doing this.. I so so get this. all. of this.💔💔💔
Oh @taramillr9541, I am grieved for you and grieve with you. So thankful Priscilla’s words and experiences of profound loss provided a balm of comfort as you live one moment at a time. May our Lord be near to you, grace you with His presence, hold your heart, and comfort you as you desperately lean on Him.
- Colleen
Praying for you and your family 🙏
Thank you for this. My husband died unexpectedly two months ago and I just have so much pain and grief and sorrow every day that I don't even know how to keep going and I don't want to keep going. I am chronically ill so I am stuck at home almost all the time and now I am all alone... so it has been unbearable. I just want to die every day and can't seem to get out from under the fear and anxiety and panic that I feel every single day now. I pray and I pray but it seems like things just get worse and worse.
Ana,
I am so thankful you reached out! You are in the deepest throws of grief that, yes, does feel unbearable. I am so sorry you are suffering to your very core; I understand and have been there as well. Please know this darkness will not last in spite of days when you feel you will never smile again. Healing is a process which requires support…I encourage you to reach out to a therapist who does telehealth due to your chronic condition. We can connect on a deeper level if you will email me at reframingministries@insight.org.
Also, my dad and I did an interview together regarding one of his darkest times of depression; he had no idea how to move on. I know it will speak into this place you are today. Here’s the link: ruclips.net/video/RDG-kGaATEo/видео.html
I hope you will connect via email; there are some ways to help that I could pass along in a more personal way.
- Colleen
@@reframingministries God bless you and thank you for answering, Colleen. I am just pouring tears again tonight and this message was a blessing. I will email you tomorrow and I will watch the video now. I have loved and appreciated your dad for so many years.. thank you again for your caring heart.
My dad passed away 5 years ago from cancer. My mom was suicidal. Every night for the year after his passing, I literally had a safe plan in place which included her EMS boss, who was on standby. He knew if I called it meant, SEND A TEAM! After many mornings starting the day on the back step talking her off the ledge, literally and still finding her on his grave, or calling to find her parked in his truck… I finally gave in, I said, “Mom, I know you love God, and I know you believe that you will meet dad in heaven, I know you know dad is in heaven. I am so sorry that for some reason God called dad before you, it is not fair, and I am angry too! I am in pain too, and the legacy that dad left that you and dad left as parents is gone life will never be the same! We lost both our dad and mom! And I have to accept that! You have to accept that you lost your husband, that is not fair, you are going to be angry, hurt, lost, and scared! Life will never be same, and happiness as you knew it is over, if you stop looking for it here and accept that one day if you just try to accept that during whatever time you have left here you try minute by minute to see what it is that God has left for you, your new normal to finish so that when you complete what it is you are called to do God will call you home to. For today you must accept that it is not your time. It was dads time. Hope disappointed you! Hope did not disappoint dad, dad did not suffer! We are suffering! This is not fair to us, dad is not in pain, dad is not hurting, we are! And dad is not happy that you our mom lost your purpose! You are giving up on the life he wanted to live!! So until you try everything I can no longer meet you, you must try!! Trust God and seek God for what he wants for you and your life, if you do this and you really try and you still cannot see past the pain and find purpose in your life then I will forgive you for giving up on your kids and the life you and dad built and the life he would have given everything to have lived. If you can’t do it for you ask God everyday to help you, heal you, because your here and our dad isn’t and if he could be he would be but we have you and I’m begging you to try!!!”
Today 5 years later my mom is not the same, she never will be. She has found new meaning in life she celebrates moments for her and my dad, she finds happiness in looking at her and my dads legacy knowing that when she sees my dad again she is gathering alot to tell him. Our job is to tell her she sure is making him proud!
And you are making your husband proud!
Keep going, keep pushing!! Live the life he couldn’t, it’s not the same,,I know it’s not fair, and I’m so sorry for your loss! This is not the ending. This is a momentary experience that you can use to help others through their momentary experiences as you prepare your way to eternity! That’s where your forever is with your husband. Choose your new normal make the best of it, wouldn’t he have if he could of, at least try, trust God and when you can’t ask God anyway, He will meet you where you are! He is now!
@@januarykrassnosky7884 I haven't sobbed this heavily in a long time.. your words just had me weeping, weeping, weeping - living up to my screen name!! Tears all over my kitchen counter right now... thank you for writing this and sharing this about your mother... you are definitely an encourager. Your mom is very blessed to have you in her life.. and I am truly sorry for your loss. God bless you for sharing this. May I read this and share with my viewers? I think your words would encourage a lot of people. You have a beautiful soul.
So very sorry for your great loss. May God give u healing and peace that he is in Heaven! I lost my daughter two months ago to alcoholism, I have a grandson to raise alone and his father will no longer provide child support, so I’m on a retirement plan but have extra expenses now with lawyer fees etc. I know my daughter is in Heaven and I will get through these hard times. Prayers for you ❤
Grief comes in so many ways. I'm in a season of it and am so grateful that you two tackled this topic so that I could process right along with you.
Finding the blessings in the dark is powerful! 💪🏾🙌🏽🔥
Thank you for this interview! It has ministered to me on many levels! I lost one of my closest friends a couple of months ago after a three months battle with pancreatic cancer. Last month my mother in law passed away. I know that both of them are healed and fully alive and rejoicing to be with Jesus.. Thank you for sharing so authentically about your grieving experience and giving me the okay to slack off on the regular rhythm of life.
Amazing! My mom passed August 31st of the same year 2019. I totally get everything you are saying including close family members passing prior - same year. It was a very tough time for us. It is one time in one's life that your TRUST in God is tested. I have really changed my priorities too. You ladies are amazing and so glad I stopped by!
God bless you abundantly 🙏
PS: This subject needs to be discussed more in church
Thank you do much ladies for showing many that our God is our keeper according to His promises. God bless you all.
Thank you Priscilla.. Your story will help me keep going no matter what I ' d been through and wherever I am now
So WONDERFUL! Yes, keep going . . . one step, one moment at a time. It’s what we all must do and it’s all Jesus asks us to do. Keep trusting in the moment. Thank you!
- Colleen
@@reframingministries I still cry everytime I remember my mother. I took care of my mother for a long time but still have regrets.
Thank for this sis Colleen ! ❤
Powerful
Thank you for this. I just lost my dear friend to stage 4 cancer. She is free, healed and made whole now ❤
Lost my husband and friend to cancer but l know that he is now free from this pain and has gone Home where we will all meet again. But its hard...... We Miss him so much 😢
Thank you so much for this message. My son went home to be with the Lord 3 months ago and he was my only child. I listen to this and it really helped me I understand what she is saying I’m a Minister as well and we always think we have to say yes to everything. I’m learning to say no so I can get me together in this season. Thanks for this teaching. ❤❤
Exactly what I needed lost my mum few days ago. Thank you for this.
So grateful for this. I've been thinking recently about how much I am encouraged and blessed when leaders let me see that they struggle!
Beautiful women of Yah. Thank you 🙏❤
Fantastic interview filled with essential wisdom and advice for hard times! I wish I had had this during my long, deep, dark valley. Thank you for sharing!
This was what I needed in my grieving time. Thank you.
This was a great interview. Thanks for asking some different questions from other interviewers.
After losing my mother 8months ago has rely hurt me and i dont feel like myself and i wish to get some whom can help me walk this unusually process because i real though i am not saved anymore because of not be actively reading my bible and not praying as i did before...but after listening to this interview i feel at easy that what i am going through is normal but i pray not to stay in this journey forever.
I am so deeply sorry for your loss! I pray the Lord does bring to your heart the comfort needed, safe people who will love you and care for the emptiness you are feeling. Re: your salvation . . . I’m not hearing the Lord rejecting you or a lack of salvation unless you have specifically chosen to renounce your faith completely. I’m hearing you are deeply sad, feeling lost and have little desire to live in this place of grief. God doesn’t keep a list of what we must do to be saved; His love never fails and perhaps telling Him where you are and how lost you feel will begin a new process of relating with your heavenly Father. I pray you feel His presence this moment. - Colleen
Amen we keep on trusting His sovereignty ....
Powerful and this really helps
Grief is real hence the need for the holy spirit to teach us....and allow him to be ou anchor...lost my mum August 2020....and 2021 July l lost my husband due to Covid ......lost my pillars of strength within a short space of time
.still in grief....l ask the holy spirit to teach me me everyday.
Thank you for sharing this !! I believe I’d it wasn’t for my faith I would not be where I am today 🔥🔥🔥
Right there with you . . . so thankful for His gift of love and grace each day!
- Colleen
Lord, help me trust you, after losing my husband of just 9 days from 29 years of marriage. I'm broken. I am trying to just go to work.
This is EXACTLY the type of video I was hoping for. Priscilla Shirer is so beautiful and nurturing and concise in her ways. I learn a lot from her and whenever I hear her talking about various things, it makes me feel capable and strong and understood. I'm currently going through an enormous and incredibly heart-wrenching time and was hoping I could find a Priscilla Shirer video about grief. I wasn't sure one existed but when I found this, I was SO glad. Thank you both for doing this.
@LeAnne0724 Oh my gracious . . . this is exactly why we do these interviews! For those who are “in the trenches”, struggling to find their next breath. Priscilla offers such enormous strength, praise Jesus! Praying for you today!
- Colleen
@reframingministries Thank you so much. When I first saw your video, my mom was sick and in the hospital (she was previously in another hospital, who neglected her and ended up causing her ailment to go from completely treatable to dangerous. We got her in a rehab facility and they made things 10 times worse. They weren't cleaning her or taking good care of her. They neglected her as well and, as a result, she ended up having to go into another hospital. She passed away on Sept. 1st. We had her service yesterday. My mom was completely fine and her body was able to heal, but medical staff (due to being understaffed, tired and not equipped to handle her issue) caused her body to become so sick that there was nothing the 2nd hospital could do for her. This all happened within a month and a half. I'm so sad we lost her; my hurt hearts terribly. I was afraid this was happened, which is why I was looking for this video. It is one that I will watch over and over to help me cope with the loss of my parents (they died 2 years apart). I am SO grateful that God put this subject on your heart. I'm glad you asked the questions that you did, and I'm grateful for her answers. It is a reminder that, in spite of me hurting and missing my mom, God is somehow making my grieving light. Thank you for obeying Him, because what you do helps His other children. And please keep praying for us. ❤️
@@LeAnne0724 My heart is grieving with you and for you. I can't imagine the emotions that may flood you, the temptations that may invade when your soul is in the deepest of sorrows. I pray right now that the Lord would provide His supernatural comfort, strength, and light as you move forward on the path He has allowed. Your pain will not be wasted and His glory will be revealed through you. Yet for now, I pray He is providing the comfort you need each moment of the day.
- Colleen
Thank you so much for this❤
This is what has kept me going through these three and a half years and lm so greatful to God for being with me through it all❤
Wonderfully thankful to know God has walked with you through such a tough time. Grateful to hear He has used this ministry in providing care for your heart, strength for today and HOPE for each new day. Just a thought, our main site: reframingministries.com has a lot of resources and products that may also be of great encouragement. Blessings!
- Colleen
Thank you for this lovely interview. I lost my wonderful husband on the 1st february 2024 and im struggling with the pain of grief. Thank god we're both Christians and i know my husband is healed and not struggling anymore, but i miss him so so much!! God has been good to me and sent many comforters to me and helped me in these past few weeks. I praise God for his Love for me and my husband. I know its still early days but God is ministering to me in many ways. God bless xxxx
I am so deeply sorry to hear of your husband’s passing. As the layers of grief unfold, I pray you will continue to find new hope, constant comfort, and ongoing care as only our Lord can provide. So honored to know the ministry has been part of that for you in recent days.
- Colleen
Be great full you know without doubt your husband is in heaven.
My husband died January 29 and unless .. I have no idea where he will be for eternity.. I tried desperately to but gently , to help him understand Gods love and how we need to turn our life over to Him but the respons was always..” I believe in God..
That’s it so please.. from my heart .. rennet how your husband is safely home. God bless you as your life is in the hands of our Savior.
I just lost the LOML 2 days ago. He was 59 years old and had a heart attack. The grief and pain I'm experiencing is compounded with deep regret because I was mad at him for what I see now was a minor offense. He had called me the day before he died, but I foolishly ignored his calls and text. Another painful shot is the fact that he wasn't saved-he even mocked God and Christians on a regular basis.
The pain feels like I'm in a giant tarpit. I have even thought about taking my own life because the pain is too much to bear. Please pray for me.
Hi!
I am so, so sorry for the loss of the love of your life. In times like this, it is hard to have the right words to say when someone is in such pain. I know it is so easy to look back in regret, but I pray that you would experience the love, comfort, and peace of God like never before. That He would wrap His arms around you and you would feel Him so close as He soothes your head and your heart like only He can. May you be reminded of the good times and have peace knowing what the love of your life would have wanted for you in these moments. Praying for you.
- Tiffany, Reframing Ministries Staff
Very few words came to mind as I read your words. The depth of your grief is unmeasurable. With any significant loss, the emotional roller-coaster can take us down paths and into deeply dark places we never imagined, which is where you are today. Grief includes "regrets", "if only’s”, “why didn’t I ___?”, and more; such self-talk will defeat you if you allow those thoughts to ruminate and remain.
At the core, he passed, you can’t go back; neither of you knew that was going to happen. We can’t know how the moments of our lives will unfold, but we do know the one who is Sovereign - Jesus Christ - who is with you in all your grief. Like Priscilla said, somedays will be awful and that’s okay . . . some moments you will not understand or believe you can survive, yet you can and will. Also, you can’t feel it now, but you DO HAVE incredible strength which is revealed by being honest about thoughts of taking your own life.
Today, you may not feel strong, but I hear it in you and you will make it through this season. You have chosen to allow Jesus to be your Savior, in this season, HE is YOUR Savior! He will make a way through this, you will learn things you never could or would have expected; you will speak into lives in the most powerful ways as you choose to release all guilt, forgive yourself, let Jesus comfort you, be still and silent, cry when tears surface, read Psalms and note what Jesus promises you, journal, walk, and breathe.
The daily choices combined with the comfort of our God who is going to bring you through one day at a time will lead you to people and places that need help in their time of need. But for today, you are emptied out; taking your life closes the door to all the Lord has planned in your healing process . . . and how that will be used in the years ahead. Like the Evans family, they had the same choices as you have . . . to end life or to stay the course . . . and now their path has given you hope. I am praying right now that the “God of all comfort will comfort you” (II Corinthians 1), that HE will fill you, lead you as you trust Him, stay in His word, and rest in knowing He is with you.
PLEASE reach out for personal needs, you can connect with us at Reframingministries@insight.org. I PRAY you will reach out at any time.
- Colleen
@@reframingministries Thank you for your prayers, encouragement and concern. It's been a week now since his death, and I have slowly returned to a little bit of normalcy, like going back to work, (only with the strength God is giving me.)
I know that this too shall pass... But his memory will always remain with me. 🙏🏾 😔 😢 😭 💔
I can already hear God’s strength filling you. Your despair isn’t as overwhelming and it sounds like your self-talk isn’t suffocating. WOW! Please do stay in touch; this passage is preparing you for something only our sovereign Lord knows of at this moment. One breath at a time!
Blessings to you!
- Colleen
My son was killed 15 months ago and I am struggling. I know God and Jesus and I am still struggling because he is so amazing and all powerful. I beg the doctor to try again because I know what he did for Lazarus in the bible…try again but ny son😢💔 died and won’t wake up. His fake friends killed him, set him up😭😢😢😢 I am so mad!!🙏🏽😢
My mom just died suddenly 2 days ago so I feel pain of loss that feels like no other I've experienced. I know God can raise your son..God can do anything. But as much as I miss my mom I understand that God is sovereign and does as He pleases. And He doesn't answer prayers as we would like. I hope like me you continue praising God. Because like Job we should say praise God in the good and bad times. He lost all of his sons and daughters. We don't understand why but we must trust God's wisdom in not always answering as we expect. I know God can do anything so it's not about faith or performance. We must submit to His will as nonsensical and cruel that it seems. None of that is true if you know our merciful God. His ways aren't like ours. But God is good so there's a reason or several why He disallows healing many times and its not because He doesnt care. I love God even after He took her. Death is in his hands so its good to know He's in control of death like He is of life. Praise Him even when it doesn't make sense. And feel the undefined supernatural peace only God provides. Please keep trusting and when you feel like giving up or don't have the words to pray remember the shortest prayer is help. Sovereign God is in the chaos..especially there..and He's in control of it all
I had many questions...why have you left me God?...Are you still there?Do you c the pain l have.....l fasted from day 1 my husband was admitted up to day 18 .....you allowed me to eat on the 19th day l had hope from the Doctor's report and thus the day he passed on....l asked God was all this in vain.....etc the holy spirit is teaching me He is still God...He is still sitting on the throne...its only my season which has changed....
Your words run to the deepest parts of the soul; they are so real, raw, and honest. Yes, this is a season, one of the hardest any person encounters. As you know, so many unanswerable questions and dark doubts will bubble up, the ebb and flow of it all cannot be charted. I praise Jesus that you are bringing these to HIM, BY FAITH; He is hearing you, present with you, longing for you to continue to go to Him in this dark night of the soul. I have asked many questions like you are wrestling with, and while God has not answered as I expected, my soul has grown deeper and softer. I’ve learned to trust His will is sovereign, my character shaped in ways I never imagined because of the fiery ordeals. I pray this moment, that the comforter, His Holy Spirit would embrace you, direct your steps, fill your heart with a peace that goes beyond all understanding. Oh Jesus, be near, so near that the autumn breeze is heaven’s whispers of your love for this dear one!
- Colleen
I miss my son suicide death i found him 💔
I read this and stopped everything to pray for you. There are no words for the depth of pain and loss you have experienced. I am so sorry! I pray God's presence fills you and is with you as you travel this very dark valley with Him.
- Colleen