Tag: loss

• It is Well, BUT…

  In these times, even when it is well with my soul, my heart is still broken.

  Mike Peercy

  September 4, 2014

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  brokenness, comfort, depression, encouragement, faith, fear, grace, grief, hope, It Is Well With My Soul, loss, love, peace, prayer, Psalm 34, sorrow, struggle

• Say It

  I’m no expert on grief, but in fifteen years of pastoring I have never heard a grieving family member say, “I wish I hadn’t told him that I loved him so much.”

  Mike Peercy

  August 13, 2014

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  challenge, connected, courage, encouragement, family, grace, gratitude, loss, love, peace, silence, Thanksgiving

• Don’t Just Do Something… Stand There

  The lesson I have learned from my own time sitting in the ash heap? SHUT UP. Quit trying to say something to make it better. Just be there.

  Mike Peercy

  August 7, 2014

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  brokenness, comfort, depression, family, Job 2, loss, Presence, support