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This week we are looking at Naomi, in the book of Ruth. Naomi lost her husband and both of her sons. She became a bitter woman, blaming God for her troubled life.

She doesn’t realize how much God is at work behind the scenes, and eventually is able to declare that God never stopped showing his grace to her.

Sandwiched in the middle of all this, is Naomi’s daughter-in-law, Ruth. They have a very unusual relationship, which we also explore, especially for those of us who struggle with our son-in-law or daughter-in-law, the spouse of our child who died.

It is possible to make the same circle Naomi did, from fullness, to bitterness, and back to fullness again. Listen to find out how that was able to happen for Naomi, and how it can also happen for you.

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Herman Joubert was born on May 5 and is forever 21.

Adam Walker was born on May 6 and is forever 28.

John Patrick Keck was born on May 7 and is forever 23.

Ashley Pekarek was born on May 10 and is forever 24.

Sarah Wilber was born on May 10 and is forever 34.

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Grieving Parents Sharing Hope (GPS Hope) is here to walk with parents through the darkness of child-loss, guiding them to a place of hope, light and purpose.

It is a safe place for anyone who has lost a child from this earth. There is no shame or judgment in where you are in this journey, including if you are struggling in your relationship with God or your faith has been completely shattered.

Last week we started looking at Job through the eyes of a parent who has also lost a child. This week continues this fascinating study, starting with of Job’s friends, whom he calls “miserable comforters”.

There are many things we can relate to in the book of Job, much more than I realized until I dug into the book of Job for the purpose of this series in looking at parents in the Bible who have lost a child.

In this episode, we also take a look at Satan’s role in this, and how it might be a very similar role he played in the death of our own child.

And then, of course, there is God’s over arching view that comes into play, which is important to look at through a different lense than we are probably used to in this unique book in the Bible.

I pray you come away encouraged, with fresh new insight from someone we usually only partially hear about in messages about Job and his trials.

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(GPS Hope is a 501c3 nonprofit and runs on the financial support of those who believe in passing along the hope they have received to others.)

Nikolas Barrett Graves was born on May 3 and is forever 23.

Shannon Olsen was born on May 3 and she is forever 19.

If you would like your child mentioned on the podcast the week of his or her birthday, click here to fill out the short form with the needed information.

The special song written for our children’s birthdays I Remember Well can be heard here.

www.gpshope.org

To have Laura come and minister at your event, contact us at [email protected].

Grieving Parents Sharing Hope (GPS Hope) is here to walk with parents through the darkness of child-loss, guiding them to a place of hope, light and purpose.

It is a safe place for anyone who has lost a child from this earth. There is no shame or judgment in where you are in this journey, including if you are struggling in your relationship with God or your faith has been completely shattered.

We are still in the series Parents in the Bible Who Lost a Child, and this week it’s time to look at Job. You are probably tempted to skip this one because it’s easy to pass right by him, thinking we already know Job’s story. (He lost everything, had friends who didn’t do a good job of comforting him, and then God gave him everything back…Whatever…!)

Please stay with me for this one because…

As I started really studying Job from the perspective of a parent who has had my own child die, it amazed me how much is there that we don’t realize. In fact, there is so much richness and depth that can encourage us in our situation as bereaved parents (such as Job is someone who can identify with our suffering in the face of when it doesn’t make sense, especially if we have held up our end in being a “good Christian”) that it will take two episodes to get through it.

This week we are going start by looking at Job himself, and at his wife. Next week we will look at his so-called friends, God’s response to everything, and then pull it all together.

I believe both weeks will bring encouragement, hope and light, to help lift some of the heaviness in your soul after the death of your own child.

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Adam Sharp was born on April 21 and is forever 19.

Christopher Schofer was born on April 21 and is forever 25.

Abigail Jane (Abi) was born on April 25 and is forever 18 months.

If you would like your child mentioned on the podcast the week of his or her birthday, click here to fill out the short form with the needed information.

The special song written for our children’s birthdays I Remember Well can be heard here.

www.gpshope.org

To have Laura come and minister at your event, contact us at [email protected].

Grieving Parents Sharing Hope (GPS Hope) is here to walk with parents through the darkness of child-loss, guiding them to a place of hope, light and purpose.

It is a safe place for anyone who has lost a child from this earth. There is no shame or judgment in where you are in this journey, including if you are struggling in your relationship with God or your faith has been completely shattered.

This is episode 52, which means this episode completes a full year of the Grieving Parents Sharing Hope podcast.

Because of this milestone, we are taking a break from the current series to share some thoughts about the difference a year can make.

Those of us who have lost a child from this earth are painfully aware of this. Usually after the death of our child, we can’t see any movement toward healing, especially those first couple of years. We feel like whenever we take one step forward, we fall 3 steps backwards. It’s too dark to make heads or tails of where we are or where we are going.

While it is extremely important to acknowledge that part of the process in going through the intense darkness, it is also important to acknowledge that a lot is happening in that first year, even when we don’t think so.

No matter how dark it is, each day gets us one day closer to the hope and the light we long for and desperately need. And as you begin to find yourself getting glimpses of hope and light in your life, another year can bring you to new places you never thought would happen, including the discovery of what you want to do to keep your child’s memory alive, in a way that helps others and reminds them that your child lived, and his or her life still matters!

No, our lives will never be the same, but we won’t always stay in that place we started out in that first year, even though it may seem like it.

Join host, Laura Diehl, as she looks at what a difference a year can make in getting past the horrible pain and to a place of hope, light, purpose and meaning again in our lives.

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Becca Diehl Howard was born on April 13 and is forever 29.

Carter Braun was born on April 13 and is forever 15.

Brandon Matos was born on April 14 and is forever 23.

If you would like your child mentioned on the podcast the week of his or her birthday, click here to fill out the short form with the needed information.

The special song written for our children’s birthdays I Remember Well can be heard here.

www.gpshope.org

To have Laura come and minister at your event, contact us at [email protected].

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Since Easter is in just a few days, it seems like a good time to look at Mary, Jesus’ mother, as a parent who lost her child.

I had never taken the time to see Mary’s life through the eyes of a grieving parent. But as I began to study it out for this episode, I was amazed to discover, based on what are told about her life, how many ways we can relate to Mary as a bereaved parent.

Even beyond that, at first glance, it doesn’t seem like there is much in the Word about Mary as a grieving parent that could help us much. However, if we look a bit deeper, there are three important things we can learn from Mary’s life, that most of us can apply to our own deep loss.

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Greg London was born on April 4 and is forever 34.

Michael Rhodes was born on April 11 and is forever 18.

Malish (Caspian) Aurova was born on April 11 and is forever 9 weeks old.

Megan Small was born on April 11 and is forever 21.

If you would like your child mentioned on the podcast the week of his or her birthday, click here to fill out the short form with the needed information.

The special song written for our children’s birthdays I Remember Well can be heard here.

www.gpshope.org

To have Laura come and minister at your event, contact us at [email protected].

Grieving Parents Sharing Hope (GPS Hope) is here to walk with parents through the darkness of child-loss, guiding them to a place of hope, light and purpose.

It is a safe place for anyone who has lost a child from this earth. There is no shame or judgment in where you are in this journey, including if you are struggling in your relationship with God or your faith has been completely shattered.