How to Recover from Loss, Grief, and Exile

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.

Goodness and Mercy Will Follow You: Day 40

Even through hard times, God’s goodness and mercy will follow us and eventually catch up! Day 40 of the 40 day devotional.

Double Blessings From God: Day 39

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?

Bible, Christianity, faith, religion and spirituality, sufferingF. Remy DiederichApril 7, 2023exile, grief, loss, prodigal, restorationComment

Necessary Endings: Day 38

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.

Reframe Your Identity: Day 36

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.

Facing Your Shame - Day 31

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.

Admitting Who You Really Are - Day 30

Who are you, really? We put a lot of energy in presenting our best self, but is that really helping us? If you are stuck in a failure or setback, the first step to recovery is to admit who you really are, warts and all.

Facing Your Nakedness - Day 26

When everything has been stripped from your life and you stand alone and “naked” what do you do? Where do you find your worth? What can you learn about yourself? Facing your nakedness can be a turning point for you.

The Discipline of Darkness - Day 25

Oswald Chambers spoke of a “discipline of darkness.” This means that God teaches us things during dark times that we will never learn in the light. What might God be teaching you during your season of loss or hardship?

Learning Humility in Exile - Day 19

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.

faith, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichMarch 10, 2023grief, loss, pride, humility Comments

Companions of Comfort in Exile - Day 18

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.

faith, grief, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichMarch 10, 2023grief, isolation, loss, loneliness Comments

Denying Your Loss - Day Ten

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.

Return from Exile: A 40-Day Journey From Setback to Comeback

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.

faith, recovery, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichFebruary 24, 2023grief, grief and loss, setback, loss, failure Comments

Tragedy and Loss: Don't Over Spiritualize It

When you suffer a tragedy it’s easy to want to connect some spiritual meaning to it. But be careful not to over spiritualize a tragedy.

Tragedy and Loss: Facing the Questions That Haunt You

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.

Unmet Expectations: How Should You Respond?

We face unmet expectations every day. They affect us emotionally and can throw us of track if we aren’t aware of what’s happening. This post offers practical advice on how to respond well to unmet expectations.