How Do I Survive Losing a Loved One?

Find your strength in the Lord. Spend time in the Psalms as you grieve. The honest prayers of David and others have, for centuries, helped hurting people express their heavy hearts. These examples may help you start:

Turn to me and be gracious to me,
For I am lonely and afflicted.
The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
Bring me out of my distresses.
Look upon my affliction and my trouble,
And forgive all my sins. (Psalm 25:16-18)

The righteous cry, and the Lord hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:17-18)

Paul gives this encouragement: “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Then he describes the moment when the dead in Christ will rise and we will all be caught up in the air to join Christ. We will be together with our loved ones forever. What a wonderful hope! Paul doesn’t say, “Don’t grieve”; rather he says, “Don’t grieve as those without hope.” Grieving is okay, but your grief doesn’t have to lead to despair. In your grief, find hope in the promises of Christ, who has overcome death and promises you an eternal reunion with the one you love."

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by Biblical Counseling Ministry



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