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Grief Support for Christian Women to Breathe, Laugh and Live again. Loss, Grief and Healing * Coping with Grief * Beginning of Grief * Life after Loss * Stages of Grief * Purpose After Loss * Faith * Surviving Loss * Grief Resources * Holidays and Grief I help Christian women navigate grief through understanding grief, growing faith and processing daily life to find hope. • Do you feel lost, confused, or overwhelmed by grief? • Is the pain so great, you lose your breath and feel it will never get better? • Have you cried so much there can’t be any tears left? • Are you angry with God? Or question your own faith? • Do you need faith-based help through the toughest season of your life? In this podcast, you will find faith-based grief support to navigate the overwhelming and confusing journey of grief, to continue seeking God and most importantly, to breathe, laugh, and live again. My mission is to walk with you through the healing, experience the milestones and the minefields to arrive on the other side with a gratitude and peace you never thought possible. If you’re ready to take a brave step toward healing, understand your grief and find hope, this is the place to be. Hey, I’m Stef. Southern by choice, turtle triathlete, wife and Jesus follower. I’ve experienced life-changing grief and struggled for years with the physical changes, the emotional roller-coaster and the spiritual questioning. I asked ‘why’ more times than I can count, went ‘boldly’ (and disrespectfully) to the throne, and was confused by a pain I had never felt before. I believed I would never be happy again and had all but given up on fulfilling my purpose. But God! Through my trials, I discovered a path to true healing, deeper relationship with God and gratitude that continues to fill my heart. This is a story of faith, FRamily support and redemption that only God can author. And, I want to share this with you. If you are heart sick, tired of being stuck and ready for real change with Christ at the center …. Practical steps to make your hard days less hard…Understanding of what to expect physically, emotionally and spiritually…Solutions to those ‘gut-punch’ moments…And, Results that build your faith and allow you to enjoy your own ‘great day’ this is the place to be. It is possible, I promise! Join me today – take that first step of faith right now!! website: www.grief2greatday.com
Episodes
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
Sunday Aug 18, 2024
SHOW NOTES
… The second month was different…no longer exhausted from caretaking but exhausted emotionally. I was surrounded by my peeps but less so (because after all, people had to return to their lives). I thought (quite literally I was going to die). I really did – but I kept breathing and even that was hard.
I didn’t understand how I kept waking up in the morning. What kind of purpose did my life have now? My fights began in earnest: the fight to get out of bed, to take a shower, and to care about any of those things. My fight with God also began…why, why, why? How could you let that happen, God? Why would you let that happen?
I understood and was drawn to Psalms more than ever in my life. Before I was all about Proverbs because that book told me how to live a godly life. It fit my religious life. But now Psalms and Job and all the anguish and lamenting. I understood it but I saw my situation differently. David lamented but praised while I lamented, blamed, accused and asked for understanding. I told God that 43 years was enough, and I had no purpose, so I was fine if my time was up too…
But God….
WORD of the Week “I came naked from my mother’s womb,” he said, “and I shall have nothing when I die. The Lord gave me everything I had, and they were his to take away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 Living Translation
Song of the Week The Story I'll Tell (feat. Naomi Raine) | Maverick City Music
Part of the lyrics: I’ll testify of the battles you have won! My God did not fail – it’s the story I’ll tell! I’ll look back over the years and see your hands on it!!
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
But one day I will see Jesus face to face.
And one day I will understand.
Because I will see the big picture.
And I will fall at His feet and worship Him because I will see how He, indeed, worked “all things together” for my good and His glory – because I am His.
A hymn writer put it this way:
“Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus,
Oh, for grace to trust Him more!”
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The Holidays are over, but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
Sunday Aug 11, 2024
SHOW NOTES
If this is your first time listening, Monica is the reason you are listening – she was my best friend but much more like a sister, mentor, mom and encourager for almost 20 years.
She was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma and in the 6 months that she lived, walked out a faith that most (including me called crazy). I was honored to be her caretaker and lived out the most awful and awesome 6 months with her.
This week I share the chapter on ‘Going After God’ in the Dying to Be Healed Book. This will describe my ugly faith journey because of Monica’s crazy faith. Last week, I shared the chapter on ‘What is Faith Then?’ I want to show you what I saw as I reflected on her journey that helped me on mine.
Your faith is being tested and there is no right or wrong to feel…you feel what you feel, so don’t worry if you question God more than you praise him. Grief will flip life and everything you believe on its head. What’s important now is that you take action in the right direction…
If you want to read more about Monica or her journey, go to the website, grief-the number2-great day.com and click on the book tab. This is not a book on grief, it is a book about faith in the hardest of circumstances and may be helpful to you!
WORD of the Week “God has a plan for each and every one of us if we are willing to listen and give Him control of our lives (Jeremiah 29:11).”
Song of the Week Rescue by Lauren Daigle
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
SHOW NOTES
If this is your first time listening, Monica is the reason you are listening – she was my best friend but much more like a sister, mentor, mom and encourager for almost 20 years.
She was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma and in the 6 months that she lived, walked out a faith that most (including me called crazy). I was honored to be her caretaker and lived out the most awful and awesome 6 months with her.
This week I want to share the chapter on What is Faith Then? In the Dying to Be Healed book. I want to show you what I saw as I reflected on her journey that helped me on mine. Next week, I’ll share the chapter on Going After God. This will describe my ugly faith journey because of Monica’s crazy faith.
Your faith is being tested now and there is no right or wrong to feel…you feel what you feel, so don’t worry if you question God more than you praise him. Grief will flip life and everything you believe on its head. What’s important now is that you take action in the right direction…
If you want to read more about Monica or her journey, go to the website, grief-the number2-great day.com and click on the book tab. This is not a book on grief, it is a book about faith in the hardest of circumstances and may be helpful to you!
WORD of the Week “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1)
Song of the Week This I Know by Monica King (posted on FB)
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
I forget Whose I am.
That my Daddy is Sovereign, Lord over all, in charge at all times and never, ever unaware of my circumstances.
I forget the equipment He has given me to navigate my life.
A full tank of gas that is continuously replenished from His own supply. Or, as Paul put it in Ephesians 1, the same power that raised Jesus from the dead is at work in me.
A fully-functioning, never-wrong, always-connected GPS also known as the Holy Spirit of the Living God dwelling inside of me. He will always guide, always comfort, always correct. I just have to ask.
A full supply of food and drink, always available from the Bread of Life Himself, the Living Water that always satisfies.
And even a paper road map, the Word of God. Always there to give direction. Always there to confirm the GPS, even as the GPS confirms it.
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The Holidays are over, but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
But then there is the God of the Bible.
The One Who has revealed Himself in the pages of Scripture.
The God Who IS – not the One I think He is.
Or even the One I want Him to be.
God the Father, seated on His throne.
Sovereign over all things.
With ultimate control of every circumstance.
ALL powerful.
ALL knowing.
Completely pure.
Holy.
Perfect in all His ways.
The One who “…who changes the times and the seasons” and “…removes kings and establishes kings.” (Daniel 2:21)
The One who makes “the king’s heart like channels of water” in His hand, turning it “whichever way He wishes.” (Proverbs 21:1, AMP)
The One Who “delights in every detail of our lives”. (Psalm 37:23, NLT)
The One Who “daily carries us in His arms” (Psalm 68:19, NLT)
The One Who showed us His holiness in the giving of the Law, knowing we would break it.
And then also gave us His One and Only Son as the substitute for our punishment, knowing He did not want to live without us.
And that is just the beginning of Who the Bible says He is.
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The Holidays are Over but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
SHOW NOTES
I don’t like all the changes it will take to become healthy. Living daily life holds its own challenges before undertaking real change and to try to live daily life and change reminds me of when I went through grief. And it is what I hear from a lot of you as well.
How are you expected to walk through grief and continue to carry on normal life? My health changes are time consuming and a mental challenge at times, but going through grief is a complete upheaval of what was – it is coming to terms with what is - and then walking into the unchartered territory of what will be.
Because of continuous injuries (that I’m not at all salty about), we’ve started stretching too! How much more do I have to do to not hurt? If that statement doesn’t describe going through grief, I don’t know what does.
Now, if you take away nothing else in this episode listen to these 3 statements to help you persevere in what seems like the endless days of grief.
WORD of the Week "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving" (Colossians 2:6–7).
Song of the Week Walk with Jesus by Consumed by Fire
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
Jeremiah put it this way: “God’s mercies are new every morning.”
God created us to love fresh starts.
And so He created the rhythm of our days to give us a new beginning each morning. To begin anew each day.
Was yesterday a bad day?
Perhaps my circumstances were not what I would have liked.
Perhaps I failed to conquer that one sin, that ongoing temptation.
Perhaps I spent the day nursing a bad attitude.
Or operating strictly in my own strength.
Perhaps I snapped at someone I loved.
Or perhaps I chose to give them the cold shoulder.
Yesterday is gone.
And today is a fresh start.
Because His mercies are new every morning.
Because great is His faithfulness.
Because “weeping may last for the night but joy comes in the morning”.
Because today I can choose to “set my mind on things above” rather than on the things of earth.
Because “this is the day the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it.”
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The Holidays are Over, but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home