God promises that we can have joy in our lives, and there doesn’t seem to be any parameters or limits on which of life’s circumstances (or tragedies) don’t qualify.
We are the ones who have to decide that we want joy back in our lives again and be willing to work for it after the death of our child.
How do we do that? Especially when we aren’t sure we can get out of the darkness, finding hope, much less joy.
In this episode, we talk about a few things that keep us from being able to pursue joy, which has gone dormant inside of you. Even if you aren’t ready to think about the possibility, the things discussed when applied with God’s help, will get you moving in the right direction to find your way out of the darkness and to a place of hope, light and yes, even joy eventually.
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Guilt, Shame and Regret YouTube video with Dr. Doug and BJ Jenson
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I really enjoyed this podcast. There is some really helpful information in it. You talked about journaling things you are thankful for and I’ve heard you mention that before but every time I think about that there’s really nothing I can think of to be thankful for. And I also can feel this resentment or anger starting to build up. So I push it away so I don’t have to deal with it.
Hi Vickie. I would suggest revisiting this occasionally until there is just one thing you can be thankful for without feeling that anger welling up inside of you. Things like having a job so that you aren’t out on the street. You have adorable pets that are companions. You didn’t lose all of your children (such as in a car accident that took them all out at once). You found GPS Hope. You aren’t battling cancer right now on top of this grief. I know you wrote this comment well over a month ago (sorry I am just now seeing it!) so you may be in a different place and able to do this at least a little bit now. But if not, that’s okay. You will get there. We are all on our own journey and time-table.