[CCEF] Ask the Counselor | Resources on Grief & Loss

What do I do when I can't seem to get over my grief?
NEW Ask the Counselor video by Alasdair Groves

"'Getting over it' may not be the best way to capture the biblical response to grief. There's a right way to say, 'I'm never going to be the same as I was before this loss.'"

Pain: Our Present Reality
Blog post by Darby Strickland

"Sometimes our agony dulls our ability to see God’s forthcoming promises. But just as the intense suffering involved in labor ends with the arrival of a precious child, so too will our groanings be resolved by something far greater when our adoption as children of God is finally complete."

"I'll Never Get Over It" — Help for the Aggrieved
JBC article by David Powlison

"How can you help people come to terms with experiences of grievous suffering? A person who has been grievously wronged is forever marked... You won't get over it, but you do not need to be forever defined by what happened."

God's Grace in Your Suffering
Book by David Powlison

"God does not offer advice and perspective from afar; he steps into your significant suffering and will carry you even in the most difficult situations. He hears your cry and answers with the monumental promise of his grace, ‘I am with you.’ He answers with himself."