Episode 47 – Finding Comfort in God When We’re Grieving with Lisa Appelo

If you’re grieving the loss of a loved one, this conversation is for you.

In this episode I talk with Lisa Appelo, a speaker, ministry leader, and author of God of Comfort and Life Can Be Good Again. Lisa’s life was overturned when her husband, Dan, died suddenly on the Friday morning of Father’s Day, leaving her a single mom of seven children. She tells us how God met her in her grief, comforting and helping her every step of the way.

Lisa talks about how she found it helpful to ask God, “What now?” instead of “Why?” She and I discuss how lament and journaling can help us unburden our hearts, how grief can help gain a heavenly perspective on our struggles, and how powerful it can be to sit with someone in their pain. Lisa also addresses certain common misconceptions about coping with grief.

Lisa Appelo is a speaker, ministry leader, and best-selling author of God of Comfort: A Devotional Journal for the Grieving Heart and Life Can Be Good Again. Lisa’s been featured at LIFE Today, Cornerstone Television Network, Proverbs 31 Ministries, and Risen Motherhood. A former litigating attorney, Lisa is a leader with the national organization Never Alone Widows, and serves on the Executive Team of COMPEL, part of Proverbs 31 Ministries.

Takeaways

Lisa reminds us that the way through grief is not a method but a person. The comfort, strength, and hope found in God amidst our pain cannot be found elsewhere.

Lament can become a daily rhythm while we’re mourning the loss of someone or something. We can laying down our concerns and pain and even our honest questions before God, and cling to the promises in Scripture to process our grief.

God can use our struggles, including seasons of grief and loss, not only to draw us near to Him but also to reveal idols in our lives.

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