Finding your way through grief / [print]
Kim Thomas.
- Eugene, Oregon : Harvest House Publishers, (c)2004.
- 156 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Rain -- Grief -- The anatomy of a long goodbye -- The rehearsal -- The news -- The shadow of death -- The dark night -- The goodbye -- The mourning after -- Two months later -- Faith -- Hope -- Surrender -- The comfort of friends -- Higher purpose -- Remembering -- Keep showing up -- Something old, something new -- Living in the land of the healing -- Hankies -- An invitation.
In finding her way through her own grief, Kim Thomas asks thought-provoking questions and comes to know the sorrow and compassion of God in a way that is immediate, intimate, and soul-soothing. "God has been attentive to my mourning. He has been ever close, close enough to catch my tears in a bottle as they fall from my eyes. I wonder if perhaps the bottle of my tears might sit on the shelf next to the tears Jesus wept..." If you are experiencing grief or are close to someone who is, you will find in Kim's story an honest admission about the pain of loss. She also offers 30 days of reflections from Scripture that provide hope based on the tender and powerful love of God for those who have known heartache and are making their way through it.