Grieving God's Way: The Path to Lasting Hope and Healing - Softcover

Brownley, Margaret; Diantha Ain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0849947227 ISBN 13: 9780849947223

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, 2012

Synopsis

The loss of a loved one is devastating, and the grief that follows is often crippling. While modern Western culture has adopted an aren't-you-over-it-yet? attitude toward death and the grief it brings, the grieving process can take years.

Weeks and months go by with no visible improvement. We might even wonder if God has forsaken us. Then one day it happens: We laugh. We feel connnected, restless, maybe even hopeful. We're no longer consumed by our loss, and our thoughts turn outward. These are the first signs of healing.

Though the tendency in our fast-paced society is to suppress our grief or ignore it all together, Grieving God's Way inspires a different course of action. In this 90-day devotional Margaret Brownley provides the framework for a methodical grieving process that follows God's plan.

Grieving God's way requires us to trust that He will lead us through the darkness, heal our pain, take away our weariness, and fill our hearts with hope, peace, and new purpose. From defining what grief is to validating its importance, Brownley gives us the components necessary to find God within our sorrow and grieve with Him.

Divided into four sections, Grieving God's Way offers insight into healing our grieving body, soul, heart, and spirit. Infused with scriptures and inspirational haiku by Diantha Ain, this book motivates us to shift our grieving from man's way to God's way. . . slow and often invisible but with truly amazing results.

So how long does it take to grieve? As long as it takes God to heal.

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From the Author

Anyone purchasing this book can order a FREE workbook by contacting me at margaretbrownley1@gmail.com

Also, I'm offering a six-week curriculum based on the book FREE to churches and other groups.

About the Author

Margaret Brownley never dreamed that one day she would write a book on grief. The published author of 22 novels, and more than 400 articles, Margaret s writing career took an abrupt turn when her oldest son, Kevin, died following a long illness, and she began writing articles on grief to help ease her own pain. Margaret lives in Southern California with her husband, George, happily surrounded by six grandchildren, and is presently at work on her Bride of Last Chance Ranch series.

Diantha Ain is an award-winning writer, poet, actress, songwriter, artist, and educator. She has written haiku, 17-syllable verse, for 30 years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0849947227
• ISBN 13: 9780849947223
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224