Episode 417
Turning Grief into Grace
"True healing begins when we open our hearts to God’s unfailing love"- Wesleyne
Word of the Day
Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger, and filled with unfailing love. — Joel 2:13
Summary
In times of grief and sadness, we often engage in the physical and emotional act of tearing ourselves apart.
We replay scenarios, feel anger, and beat ourselves up over what could have been.
However, the passage from Joel reminds us not to focus on these external expressions of pain.
Instead, we should tear our hearts open to God, allowing His mercy and compassion to fill the void.
God’s unfailing love is unlike any earthly love; it forgives without keeping score and embraces us unconditionally.
In our moments of sorrow, it’s essential to soften our hearts and let God’s love heal us, rather than inflict further pain on ourselves.
Takeaways
- When feeling defeated, remember that God is not a God of defeat.
- Negative emotions are tools of the enemy and should not be embraced.
- Letting go of control and surrendering to God allows Him to work in our lives.
- Fully surrendering to God means taking our hands off the situation and trusting Him completely.
- Continually release worries and anxieties to God, trusting that He will take care of them.
Chapters
- 00:00 - Tearing Hearts, Not Clothes
- 00:58 - God’s Unfailing Love
- 03:18 - The Power of Repentance
- 05:11 - Softening Our Hearts
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Transcript
Don't tear your clothes in your grief, but tear your hearts instead. Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slowly get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish. Joel 2 verses 13. When sadness hits us,
We often go through the physical act and many of us go through the mental or emotional act of tearing our self up in grief. So we play all of the scenarios that could have happened, that would have happened, that should have happened. We beat ourselves up. We yell, we scream, we get
angry but in this passage what we learn is don't tear your clothing and clothing here represents a external thing clothing represents the the covering the veil that you have put over yourself to protect yourself tear your hearts instead allow your heart to be repentant
Allow God to speak to your heart. Allow Him to infiltrate your heart. Don't beat yourself up because God is merciful and compassionate. He is very, very slow to get angry and He has this unfailing love. Unfailing love. Many of us have not ever received
earthly love like this so we don't even know what it feels like we don't know what it feels like to be loved completely and unconditionally by a parent or by a spouse or by a sibling we don't know what that love is so when we read these words in the bible we ask ourselves what is unfailing love unfailing love is love that does not punish
Wesleyne (:It's love that does not anchor. It's love that does not keep score. It's love that forgives. It's love that God and only God can give us. And so we have to remember in our times of grief, in our times of sadness, to not tear ourselves up, to not beat ourselves up, but to soften our hearts.
and allow God's good, merciful, compassionate, and unfeeling love to fill us up.
