Grief

Our faith, like anything in life, experiences seasons. When hard times strike—financial struggles, a difficult diagnosis, crumbling relationships, or heartbreak—it can be difficult to hold onto faith. You find yourself questioning and broken. It may be difficult, but here at Grit and Grace Life, we believe it’s possible to hold onto hope. We place our faith in a personal God, not in our circumstances. That may not take away the hard days, but it brings the strength to help us get through them. If you find yourself in the midst of these days, we recommend these articles for encouragement: Battered Faith: Holding on to Hope Even When You Struggle You May Not Understand Why This Is Happening, But You Will If You’re in

When we speak of grief it’s normally in the context of losing someone we love, but I’ve come to understand that the waves of grief roll over so many different areas of life. We just don’t realize it applies beyond loss, nor do we think it should. A dear friend has reminded me of this recently. She and her husband tried unsuccessfully to have children. They spent years in doctors’ offices exhausting all medical options to become pregnant. They experienced the roller coaster rides of fertilization treatments. When this failed they were told of another route to consider, adoption from within the foster care system. They filled out all the necessary paperwork, had the rooms in their house measured, and waited for children