As Nancy Guthrie suffered the loss of her daughter, she didn't find it helpful when people recommended she move on with life.

Because those very words sound like leaving my loved one behind and forgetting that that person was here.

No, I don't want to move on.

This is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Lee DeMoss for Monday, August 26th. Day after day, we receive emails and letters and calls from Revive Our Hearts listeners who share with us some kind of personal tragedy or trauma that they're going through,

maybe in their marriage, maybe with their children, maybe with physical health issues.

You know, in this life, grief is inevitable. There's no way around it. Everyone is going to

experience heartache and sorrow. That's just part of living in a fallen

world. So we can't avoid it, and we need godly biblical wisdom on how to deal with grief

and with heartache. Well, my friend Nancy Guthrie is going to provide some of that godly wisdom

for us today. Nancy's a student of God's word. She's a

Bible teacher for women. So what she says comes out of a careful reading and study of the

scripture. But as we're about to hear, Nancy also has a heart for hurting women because she

has experienced deep loss and grief at a very personal level.

If you're in a place of grieving right now, my prayer is that God will use this message to strengthen and encourage your heart.

And even if you're not in a hard place right now, I think this message will give all of us perspective,

no matter what tough things we may be

facing today or perhaps just around the corner. Nancy delivered this message at the Gospel

Coalition Women's Conference last year. Let's listen to Nancy Guthrie. A couple of weeks ago, I spent

an hour or maybe two on the phone with a gal who called me from Canada.

A couple of years ago, she had buried a son, and about a week before, she had now buried a daughter.

And even though she has been through grief before, her question

to me was one that I have heard over and over again. And I'm thinking that perhaps it might be

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