Experiencing loss is like being sent into exile emotionally. The grief of loss can make you feel cut off from your life as you knew it. Here are five things you can do to return from your exile.
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When God brought people out of a time of trouble and suffering, he often gave them a double blessing. Are you able to let God bless you?
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If you want to return from the wilderness after a major setback in your life, you may need to leave some friends behind. These are necessary endings in order to get your life back.
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When you experience a setback, it’s easy to take on a negative identity. But if you want to make a comeback, it’s important to take on a new identity, one that’s defined by God.
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When you experience a setback, it’s easy to let your shame keep you from making a comeback. If you want to recover from your setback it’s important to face your shame.
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God allows hard times to come our way and uses them to shape and develop us. We can fight it or yield to what God is doing within us. He wants to help us to exchange our pride for humility.
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When you’ve experienced a setback (exile) it’s natural to experience isolation and loneliness. But God never abandons us. He sends us companions to comfort us.
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When you experience a loss or setback, it’s easy to go into denial rather than face the painful emotions of anger, fear, and sadness.
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We all have setbacks in life. For some of us, we get stuck in these setbacks, what I call “exile.” This post begins a 40 day journey to help you move from setback to comeback in your life. Join me.
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The holidays magnify the pain and grief of our losses, especially the loss of loved ones. But for that very reason, God can use the holidays to bring healing and a new life to the bereaved.
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Mourning is not a place to live but a process to move through to a place where life is good again. Henri Nouwen offers his wisdom on how to approach loss.
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When suicide takes a loved one, it’s a painful, confusing time. These words, spoken at a funeral of a victim of suicide, might help you if you have lost a loved one.
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Nothing can be worse than losing a child. How does one recover from something like that? This brief post points the way to how to grieve and move on from the loss of a child.
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There are natural questions that haunt us after the loss of a loved one or another tragedy. But be careful what you believe in these moments. It’s important to not try to have all the answers.
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When a friend hurts, do you know what to say… or what NOT to say? Here are seven ways to help the people who are hurting in your life.
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Too often our losses make us feel overwhelmed, like our life is slowly being chipped away. But God can fill up those losses and make you whole.
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Regrets from past failures and losses and paralyze you. They take over your mind. So it’s important to reframe your loss.
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If you’ve experienced a personal setback and landed in a bad place, God can use that place to prepare you for your comeback.
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We often get stuck in a wilderness (exile) after experiencing a setback in life. But sometimes we stay stuck because we have a low view of God. We think scarcity rather than abundance.
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