Grieving the Loss of the Life You Dreamed Of

The Heidi St. John Podcast

Heidi St. John

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Christmas can be a really hard day. It seems to be a day that really highlights the dreams we had that didn’t pan out. Teens aren’t excited about the traditions. Kids were selfish about new presents. Adult children aren’t coming home this year. One of them still isn’t talking to us. Husbands didn’t listen as well to our gifting hints as we hoped. The list of disappointments can be quite long, and you are not alone.

This world will bring troubles, but God has not left us without help. Listen in for some encouragement. He is the lifter of our head.

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0:00.0	Christmas can be a really hard day. I know a lot of you've had wonderful
0:05.2	Christmases and you're kind of coming off of the, wow this is a great
0:08.9	season, but I know that some of you really struggle around the holiday season and it seems that you know we look forward to
0:17.0	Christmas but then it also can highlight the dreams that we have that didn't pan out. Maybe teens aren't excited
0:24.3	about their tradition or kids were selfish about the presence that you got them or
0:28.5	maybe your adult kids didn't come home again this year. Maybe one of your kids still isn't talking to you. Maybe
0:34.9	your husband or wife didn't listen very well to your gifting hints that you had
0:38.8	hoped the list of disappointments can be quite long and if this is you you're not alone. The world's
0:44.7	going to bring its troubles but God has not left us without hope and today we're
0:48.2	going to talk about that listening for some encouragement. He is the lifter of your
0:52.4	head. This is Heidi St. John and you have found me at the off-the-bench podcast.
0:56.0	Stick around. I think you guys enjoyed. You'll have to let me know, listening to me reading some Christmas stories
1:15.2	with my daughter sailor we actually went through several stories from our
1:19.5	friends at Big Sky Books and I'm gonna continue I think this is a great time of year to
1:24.9	find Christmas stories that you can tuck away for next year read them to your
1:28.0	kids I love doing that and it's been a huge blessing to our family to be able to read together.
1:34.1	To our kids, speaking of reading together, you guys, I have a little preview for you if you're
1:37.8	watching this on YouTube or Rumble.
1:41.0	Check it out, you guys.
1:42.1	Look what I'm holding, hitting my microphone guys look what I'm holding.
1:43.0	Hitting my microphone look what I'm holding in my hands.
1:45.4	This is my brand new book from Brave Books. It's called The Mouse and the Sea
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