Grief Illustrations
44 illustrations evoking grief
The Gun Violence and Christian Response Challenge - Biblical Analogy
A biblical analogy that illustrates the same principle In a nation plagued by gun violence, Christians are called to respond with both compassion and action. Consider the story of Pastor Maria, who o...
When Social Justice & Christianity Meets Faith - Biblical Analogy
A biblical analogy that illustrates the same principle In our modern world, Social Justice & Christianity presents both challenges and opportunities for people of faith. Like the biblical characters ...
When Suffering Meets Real Life - Quote
This truth has been expressed by many throughout history. Suffering isn't a sign of God's absence—it's often a sign of His presence. Take the story of Rachel, a young woman who lost her husband in a t...
When Suffering Meets Real Life - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of the same concept Suffering isn't a sign of God's absence—it's often a sign of His presence. Take the story of Rachel, a young woman who lost her husband in a tragic accident...
When Suffering Meets Real Life - Biblical Analogy
A biblical analogy that illustrates the same principle Suffering isn't a sign of God's absence—it's often a sign of His presence. Take the story of Rachel, a young woman who lost her husband in a tra...
A Modern Story of Gun Violence and Christian Response - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of the same concept In a nation plagued by gun violence, Christians are called to respond with both compassion and action. Consider the story of Pastor Maria, who organized her...
The Suffering Challenge - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of the same concept Suffering isn't a sign of God's absence—it's often a sign of His presence. Take the story of Rachel, a young woman who lost her husband in a tragic accident...
A Contemporary Gun Violence and Christian Response Story - Quote
This truth has been expressed by many throughout history. In a nation plagued by gun violence, Christians are called to respond with both compassion and action. Consider the story of Pastor Maria, who...
The Guilt Challenge - Biblical Analogy
A biblical analogy that illustrates the same principle In our modern world, Guilt presents both challenges and opportunities for people of faith. Like the biblical characters who faced similar strugg...
A Contemporary Gun Violence and Christian Response Story - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of the same concept In a nation plagued by gun violence, Christians are called to respond with both compassion and action. Consider the story of Pastor Maria, who organized her...
When Sexuality Meets Real Life - Biblical Analogy
A biblical analogy that illustrates the same principle In our modern world, Sexuality presents both challenges and opportunities for people of faith. Like the biblical characters who faced similar st...
The Suffering Challenge - Story
A story that demonstrates the same truth Suffering isn't a sign of God's absence—it's often a sign of His presence. Take the story of Rachel, a young woman who lost her husband in a tragic accident. ...
Lessons from Lament - Biblical Analogy
A biblical analogy that illustrates the same principle In our modern world, Lament presents both challenges and opportunities for people of faith. Like the biblical characters who faced similar strug...
The Gun Violence and Christian Response Challenge - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of the same concept In a nation plagued by gun violence, Christians are called to respond with both compassion and action. Consider the story of Pastor Maria, who organized her...
The Suffering Challenge - Biblical Analogy
A biblical analogy that illustrates the same principle Suffering isn't a sign of God's absence—it's often a sign of His presence. Take the story of Rachel, a young woman who lost her husband in a tra...
When Heaven Seems Silent: Wrestling with Unanswered Prayer - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content Every honest believer has experienced the deafening silence of unanswered prayer. We cry out to God and hear only echoes of our own desperation. David captured this anguish in Psalm 13:1: 'How long, Lord?...
When Heaven Seems Silent: Wrestling with Unanswered Prayer - Story
A story related to this content Every honest believer has experienced the deafening silence of unanswered prayer. We cry out to God and hear only echoes of our own desperation. David captured this anguish in Psalm 13:1: 'How long, Lord?...
The Gift That Must Be Opened - Wesleyan (John 3:16)
A wealthy man left his entire estate to his estranged nephew. The lawyers delivered the documents; everything was legally his. But the nephew never opened the envelope. He assumed it was another rejec...
Luther's Anfechtung and Renewal - Lutheran (Isaiah 40:31)
Martin Luther experienced what he called Anfechtung—spiritual attacks of doubt, depression, and despair. Even after his breakthrough on grace, dark periods returned. How did he endure? Not by positive...
The Father Who Jumped - Traditional (John 3:16)
In 1989, a father and his young son were hiking near a river when the boy slipped and fell into the rapids. Without hesitation, the father dove in after him. Rescuers later found them—the father had d...
The Mothers' Persistent Waiting - Liberation (Isaiah 40:31)
The Mothers of the Disappeared have waited decades for justice in Argentina, Chile, El Salvador. They wait for bodies to be found, for perpetrators to be named, for truth to emerge. Waiting isn't pass...
The Original Context of Exile - Traditional (Jeremiah 29:11)
Before quoting Jeremiah 29:11, know the context: God was speaking to exiles in Babylon who had LOST everything—homeland, temple, freedom. They wouldn't see the "hope and future" in their lifetime. God...
The Conversion of Augustine's Tears - Catholic (Romans 8:28)
Monica prayed and wept for her son Augustine for years—he was brilliant but dissolute, running from God. She once asked a bishop for help; he replied, "The son of so many tears cannot be lost." He was...
Oscar Romero's Final Mass - Liberation (John 3:16)
On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar Romero celebrated Mass in a hospital chapel in El Salvador. His sermon that evening reflected on John 3:16—God's love poured out in self-giving. "Those who surrende...