Summer Series 2023: Joy in the Mourning
June Guest Facilitator
Rev Debra Daniels, MDiv, GC-C
Garden of Grief Counseling Services
Session Takeaways
- Although your joy has been disturbed – and you can’t see joy, or feel joy, nor can you hear joy, KNOW THAT IT IS STILL THERE.
- Grief and mourning does not have to have the last word in your new life. Troubles are only temporary, and eventually you will experience joy again.
- Joy is an action – we typically rejoice when we have joy. Our joy can be in the present moment or anticipated in the days ahead.
- YES!!!! There can be joy in the mourning simultaneously.
To learn more about the services Rev Debra Daniels provides, click here.
July Guest Facilitator
Cathy Buffkin
The Empty Chair Endeavor &
Hope After Child Loss Podcast
Session Takeaways
- Community during your grief journey is important. Sharing is a part of healing.
- Learn to see joy in the little things.
- Be patient, eventually grief does give way to joy.
- No where in the bible does it say that God doesn’t give us more than we can handle. It is in those difficult seasons that we are able to experience and appreciate joy. Don’t give up hope, brighter days are just ahead.
August Guest Facilitator
Natasha Smith
Grief Advocate, Author, Speaker,
Podcaster, and Content Creative
Session Takeaways
- Joy is not a feeling; it is an act of worship. Jesus had joy going to the cross.
- The joy that God gives us is different from what the world offers or thinks. It’s having peace when your heart is hurting. It’s feeling comfort when everything around you is chaotic. It’s having an inconsolable cry but feeling the presence of the Lord hovering over you.
- God is absolutely for us and not against us.
- Joy is given in, through, and by Jesus.
- Joy comes when we fix our mind on Jesus and replace invading thoughts with the Word of God.
To order a copy of her new book, Can You Just Sit Me or
to learn more about Natasha Smith, click here.