“God, I can’t do this.”
In 2006, speaker and author Gail Cooper spoke these desperate words on her knees in a field on the way to where rescuers were looking for her 21-year old son. He’d been canoeing with a friend right before college graduation when his canoe went under – and Gail got the call in the middle of the night.
One of the goals of my Better Together podcast is to talk about real life issues that live deep in the souls of women. One of those issues is grief. These days, grief is a daily part of my life in losing my father and father-in-law in the past year. But there are other forms of grief – a lost dream, losing a job, divorce or marriage crisis. Friend, it’s okay to give yourself permission to grieve if you’ve lost something important that you loved.
Grief is a part of life, but when we’re afraid to feel grief or even talk about it, grief becomes a prison. How do we learn how to embrace grief as a process that God can bless with purpose?
Gail shows us what that looks like in her life during today’s episode. We’ll talk about that life-changing night and what happened during the five-days that it took researches to find her son’s body. Gail tells us about her grief journey, her anger at God, and a prophetic moment at a Beth Moore event that left me with chill bumps! Twelve years after her son’s death, Gail is living purposefully, even in grief.
Here are a few things that Gail said that blessed my heart:
“I gave to God what I could not handle on my own.”
“I felt like God was telling me, ‘Gail, you’re driving into something bigger than you can handle on your own.'”
“I wake up celebrating life!”
When I finished talking with Gail, I was so encouraged by her passionate faith – and I think that you will be, too.
If you or someone that you know is struggling with grief at any stage, please share this podcast with them. You can share it, send the link via email or send it via Facebook messenger.
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COMMENT: ARE YOU GRIEVING A LOSS IN YOUR LIFE? WHAT DO YOU WISH THAT PEOPLE WOULD STOP DOING OR SAYING WHEN SOMEONE IS GRIEVING?
