How to Survive the Shock

Ken’s Moore’s Experience

Rick Warrens Sermons and Stuff. N. p. Print.

Loss is unavoidable, but grief is a choice.

Genesis 23:1 NIV

Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old.

Genesis 23:2 NIV

She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.

Rick Warrens sermons and stuff Getting Through What You’re Going Through – Part 2

There is no life without change. There is no change without loss. And there is no loss without pain. But grief is a choice.

There is no life without change. There is no change without loss. And there is no loss without pain. But grief, on the other hand, is a choice.

Grief is health

John 11:33 NIV

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

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John 11:35 NIV

Jesus wept.

Ecclesiastes 3:4 NIV

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

God is with me in my Grief

Psalm 34:18 NIV

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Grief is Healed in Community

Galatians 6:2 NIV

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

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Ecclesiastes 4:10 NIV

If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 NIV

Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.