Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love: Daily Meditations to Help You Through the Grieving Process »

Compassionate and wise guides, Raymond Mitsch and LYNN BROOKSIDE shine a light on the road through grief.

Few losses are as painful as the death of someone you love. No valley is as vast as grief, no journey as personal and life-changing. Compassionate and wise guides, Raymond Mitsch and Lynn Brookside, shine a light on the road through grief. They can help you endure the anguish; understand the stages of grief; sort through the emotions of anger, guilt, fear and depression; and face the God who allowed you to lose the one you love. This series of thoughtful daily devotions shares wisdom, insight and comfort that will help hurting people through and beyond their grief.

Compassionate and wise guides, Raymond Mitsch and Lynn Brookside shine a light on the road through grief.

Introduction..............................................9
1. Even Christians Grieve.................................15
2. Help through the Grief.................................18
3. Going Crazy............................................21
4. In the Beginning.......................................24
5. Just Tell Me the Rules.................................27
6. Define "Normal"........................................31
7. Warning Signs..........................................34
8. Being Rather than Doing................................37
9. God's Anesthesia.......................................40
10. A Time to Mourn.......................................43
11. Give Sorrow Words.....................................45
12. Facing Familiar Routines Alone........................48
13. Being Real............................................51
14. Slow and Steady Wins the Race.........................53
15. The Truth Hurts-Sometimes.............................56
16. The Humpty Dumpty Syndrome............................59
17. No Problem............................................61
18. Of Laughter and Tears.................................64
19. Why Weep?.............................................66
20. Regrets...............................................69
21. Keeping Up............................................72
22. Morning by Morning....................................75
23. Where Is God?.........................................78
24. You Just Don't Understand.............................81
25. Anger-The Second Layer of Emotion.....................84
26. The Eternal"Why?"....................................86
27. Can We Grieve and Still Believe?......................89
28. The Death of Our Dreams...............................91
29. On Wearing Masks......................................94
30. Forgiving Ourselves...................................97
31. Sweet Relief..........................................100
32. A Fragrant Offering to the Lord.......................103
33. The Curse of Silence..................................105
34. Is God Trustworthy?...................................108
35. Our Labor Is Not in Vain..............................111
36. Committed to Healing..................................113
37. Feeling Abandoned.....................................115
38. The "Good Old Days"...................................118
39. Feeling Like a Leper..................................121
40. Dreams in the Night...................................124
41. Wanting Them Back.....................................127
42. I Feel Your Pain......................................130
43. Letting Go............................................133
44. Putting Our World in Order............................136
45. Medicating the Wound..................................139
46. It Wasn't You.........................................141
47. Taking a Break........................................144
48. Saying Good-bye.......................................146
49. Facing Death..........................................149
50. Anniversaries.........................................152
51. It's the Little Things................................155
52. Shared Sorrow.........................................157
53. When Young Children Grieve............................160
54. When Older Children Grieve............................163
55. Looking for Someone to Blame..........................166
56. Putting Guilt in Its Place............................169
57. Surround Yourself with Life!..........................171
58. Acceptance............................................174
59. There Is an End.......................................177
60. How Long Is "Long Enough"?............................179
61. Sufficient Grace......................................182
62. He Has Overcome the World.............................184
63. We Are Like Grass.....................................187
64. Clinging to the Pain..................................190
65. Reaching Out..........................................193
66. Walking through the Fire..............................195
67. Blessed Assurance.....................................198
68. Not a Hill but a Spiral...............................200
69. The Healing Power of Time.............................203
70. The Christian's Perspective...........................206