Strength for the Journey ⁽²⁰⁾

When You Cannot See What Comes Next but Still Have to Live Through Today "For we live by faith, not by sight." — 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV) Grief can take away your sense of direction. Before the loss, you may have known roughly what tomorrow…

Shared Loss Can Pull Two People in Opposite Directions "Be devoted to one another in love. honour one another above yourselves." — Romans 12:10 (NIV) Grief does not always bring people closer. Two people can lose the same person, share the same memories, and still…

When You Are Too Tired to Keep Carrying What Grief Has Put on You "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." — Matthew 11:28 (NIV) There is a kind of grief that exhausts more than the…

When Love Means Taking Hold of the Weight Together "Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." — Galatians 6:2 (NIV) Some burdens are too heavy for one pair of hands. You know this, but grief still makes…

When Grief Drags On, Perseverance Looks Like Still Being Here "because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance." — James 1:3 (NIV) You are still here, but that may not feel impressive to you. It may feel tired, flat, and unremarkable. You…

Look up when you have no strength left "I lift up my eyes to the mountains — where does my help come from?" — Psalm 121:1 (NIV) There are moments in grief when the path in front of you feels steeper than you can manage.

Keep Going Back to the Lord "Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always." — 1 Chronicles 16:11 There are days when strength is not a feeling. It is a return. You may wake up already tired, already carrying the same grief,…

God Meets the Worn-Out Heart "while he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. 'I have had enough, Lord,' he said. 'Take my life; I am no better…

When Exhaustion Meets Christ's Sufficient Grace "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me." —…

Do Not Give Up Before the Harvest "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." — Galatians 6:9 There is a kind of weariness that comes from doing what…

Your Weakness is Upheld by His Perfect Power "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on…

United Prayer Helps When Waiting "They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers." — Acts 1:14 (NIV) Waiting can feel lonelier than the loss itself. After the shock, after the funeral, after…