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DON'T RUSH ME

Sometimes other people try to help you get out of your grief by offering advice or "constructive criticism." They may admonish you to...

GRIEF CANNOT BE RUSHED

Your journey through grief cannot be compared to another person's journey. You will grieve in your way and in your time. Grief does not...

EMBRACE THE GRIEVING PROCESS

It is Biblical to grieve. It is necessary to grieve. You must not suppress your heartache and sorrow. Weep freely; share your anguish,...

SHOCK

Shock is a sudden, violent disturbance to the body. The same term is used to describe the effect of an electric current passing through...

GRIEF IS A JOURNEY

If you want to heal from grief, you must go through it; you cannot go around it. The grieving process is a healing process. Do not look...

GRIEF IS DISRUPTIVE

Grief affects everything you do. It can disrupt every aspect of your life in ways you might not expect. You may not have time to or even...

JOY CAN RETURN

It does get better; you will experience joy again. A senior friend, who has been widowed at an early age once told me that one day I...

GRIEF IS HARDER THAN YOU THINK

The hardest time to learn about the process of grief is while you are in the midst of it. You may feel that you are taking a crash course...

RANDOM EMOTIONS

A lady told me that her emotions occurred spontaneously, and sometimes two or three at the same time when her daughter passed away....

LOSING A PART OF YOURSELF

The loss of a close family member creates extra depth and complexity to your grief. You shared a special and intimate connection with...

GRIEF REFINES

Beloved, A group of women were in a Bible Study on the book of Malachi. As they were studying chapter three, they came across verse...

GRIEF IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE

You may feel it is useless to talk about your grief because no one truly understands what you are going through. You sometimes feel after...

GRIEF LASTS LONGER THAN EXPECTED

Grief's unexpected turns will throw you again and again. You may feel that for every step forward, you take at least one step back. The...

COMMON RESPONSES TO THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE (2)

You may also feel: Emotional wreck, Emptiness, Encouragement, Envy, Exhaustion / Weakness, Fatigue, Fear of future, Feeling judged,...

COMMON RESPONSES TO THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE (1)

You will likely experience many emotions at once. Grief emotions are not orderly, but are more like a tangled ball. For the next few...

THIS SEASON WILL END WELL IF YOU FAINT NOT

From my personal experience, the grieving period is the lowest season of prayers. The pain and the disappointment do not give room to...

THE BATTLES / STRUGGLES WILL END IN PRAISE

During His extended days of fasting and prayers, seeking the face of God for directions for His earthly ministry, Jesus was tempted by...

UNDERSTANDING YOUR GRIEF

Grief is not an enemy or a sign of weakness. It is a sign of being human. Grief is the cost of loving someone. Since grief comes to...

GRIEF RUNS DEEP: WHERE IS THE HOPE

Even though your heart is breaking and tears are clouding your eyes and staining your cheeks, God does give us something worth trusting...

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY

Like you, I faced the untimely death of my husband when I was 39 years old. With incomprehensible, excruciating and unexplainable pains;...

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