A Time to Grieve, A Time to Heal: Jimi Cravity & Leslie Means
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
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🗓️ 29 June 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
There are no guarantees that we won’t face heartache and disappointment in life. But God guarantees that there is deep meaning in all the seasons of our life, and that grief can eventually give way to joy. This is reiterated in scripture, where in John 16:20, it says “You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.” Whether we are grieving the loss of a person, or experiencing disappointment that we haven’t found what we’re looking for in life, God will find a way to bring us beauty from the ashes.
Singer and songwriter Jimi Cravity is a two-time Dove Award nominee whose music has made its way into the hands of artists like Ludacris and Usher. Cravity faced the tragic loss of his son and made a stunning discovery about God and music during his deepest sadness. Leslie Means thought she was living her dream as a news anchor, but always felt that she was made for something more. With the encouragement of her husband Kyle, Leslie stepped away from her news job and went on to create an online community that helps women in times of need—Her View From Home—and found what she’d been meant to do all along.
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Interview Quotes:
“Of course, as a parent, you never want to become a bereaved parent. You never want to deal with loss, but what I can say now on the other side is that God has given me beauty for ashes, that He's given me a garment of praise instead of a spirit of heaviness, that He has turned despair into dancing, and I'm thankful for that.” - Jimi Cravity
“I remember there were Sundays where all I could do was just go into the service and I would just go to the altar and kneel and weep. And it was in those moments that I felt very near to Christ, that I felt very near to God, that I felt the nearness of His Spirit, that I felt strength, that I felt Him in those moments of bowing and kneeling at the altar there.” - Jimi Cravity
“The Bible says that God is near to those who are brokenhearted. And I think it's really clear to feel that when you feel blessed, when everything is going your way, when you feel like you're on top of the world–but it's challenging to feel that and remember that when you are experiencing loss and when you're experiencing some of the darkest days that you could possibly experience.” - Jimi Cravity
“I remember driving around for my lunch breaks and I would call my mom. I would call her every day and I'd say, ‘Something is missing. I'm not where I'm supposed to be.’” - Leslie Means
“I knew that God had such a bigger plan for this [Her View From Home website], something that I could never even fathom. And I remember specifically being like, ‘Okay, God, I'm going to keep going on this site as long as you want me to.’” - Leslie Means
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| 0:00.0 | With more than 40 million copies sold, |
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| 0:20.0 | I feel like sometimes when we go through trials, |
| 0:22.6 | when we go through hard times, |
| 0:24.3 | challenging difficult times, |
| 0:26.6 | we feel like God is on the other side of the earth. |
| 0:31.2 | The Bible says that God is near to those who are broken hearted. |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. |
| 0:39.6 | There are no guarantees that we won't face heartache |
| 0:42.1 | and disappointment in life, |
| 0:43.6 | but God guarantees there is deep meaning |
| 0:45.8 | in all the seasons of our lives |
| 0:47.6 | and that grief can eventually give way to joy. |
| 0:50.3 | This is reiterated in scripture, |
| 0:52.2 | wherein John 1620 it says, |
| 0:54.1 | you will grieve, |
| 0:55.1 | but your grief will turn to joy. |
| 0:57.4 | Whether we are grieving the loss of a person, |
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