GRIEF SHARE
Beginning Tuesday, March 12th and running through June 11th at 6:30pm in Room 237.
HOW GRIEF FEELS
If you feel like you are losing your grip on reality, you might be a perfectly sane person enduring the confusion of grief.
Perhaps you suffer irrational fear, dread, or even paranoia. You may feel empty or numb like you are in shock. Grief even causes some people to experience trembling, nausea, breathing difficulty, muscle weakness, loss of appetite, or insomnia. Feelings of anger can also surface, even if there is nothing, in particular, to be angry about.
Almost everyone tortures themselves with guilt by asking what they did wrong, how they might have prevented the loss or some other form of self-condemnation. In short, grief makes us feel like our emotions have gone haywire because, in many ways, they have. Over time, however, you will regain a measure of equilibrium.
WHY GRIEF HURTS
God gave us the gift of pain so that we can react when something goes wrong.
We limp when a leg bone is out of joint to protect us from further damage. In a similar manner, losing an important person or going through a significant change can cause our entire system to react as it recognizes that something is wrong.
You might say that the confusing emotions and ache in the pit of your soul are part of grief’s “limp.” The more intimate the loss, the more severe your “limp” will be. The severity and length of your pain is a testimony to the value of the person lost or the importance of the situation that changed.
Join us for Grief Share
The next session begins on March 14th at 6:30pm. In a casual and comfortable atmosphere, this 13-week seminar/support group explores topics such as "when your spouse dies", "the effects of grief," and "God's prescription for grief."
Cost: $15.00 - includes the registration fee and workbook.
You need other people to listen to you, encourage you, and help you through this time. The finality of death is hard to accept, and that’s what a grief group is all about - getting you to accept that reality so that you can go on with your life. For those left behind topics covered include the following:
Living with grief
The Journey of grief
The effects of grief
When your spouse dies
Your family and grief
Why?
The uniqueness of grief
God's prescription for grief
Stuck in grief
Top 20 lessons of grief
Heaven