Hope In the Middle of Loss: Trusting God Through Grief with Kirby Kelly

She Lives Freed with Brittany Dawn Nelson

Brittany Dawn Nelson

Personal Journals, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

3.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Grief is something every one of us will face, yet it’s rarely talked about honestly in the church. In today’s episode, Brittany sits down with author, speaker, and podcast host Kirby Kelly to talk about walking through deep loss and finding hope in the middle of suffering. Kirby shares about losing her mom, the questions she wrestled with in her faith, and the ways God met her in the middle of grief. This conversation is raw, honest, and full of encouragement for anyone walking through pain, loss, or unanswered prayers. If you’ve ever wondered how to hold onto hope when your heart is breaking, this episode is for you. What grief looked like in the early days after losing her mom Wrestling with God in seasons of suffering How faith can feel fragile during loss and how God meets us in the middle of grief How our hope comes only from Jesus, even in heartache What hoping in Him looks like when life doesn’t make sense Encouragement for anyone currently walking through grief God is not distant in our suffering.. He is right there in it with us. Connect with Kirby Kelly: Podcast: https://www.lifeaudio.com/bought-beloved-with-kirby-kelly/?page=2 Instagram: www.instagram.com/kirbyisaboss About: https://kirby-kelly.com/ Book: https://bit.ly/TheFabricofHopeKirbyKelly Let’s Connect! If this episode blessed you, share it with a friend, leave a review, and tag me on Instagram @realbrittanydawn so I can connect with you personally! Have a question or topic idea? Send me a DM — I’d love to hear from you! What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.1	A lot of what I believed was rooted in what people have told me or what I heard in the media or whatever versus, well, what does scripture actually say?
1:00.8	And I think that's where some of those emotions came from towards God specifically.
1:23.1	Welcome to the Shilis-Feed podcast. I'm your host, Brittany Dawn Nelson, and I am so excited and honored today to have my friend Kirby Kelly on the podcast.
1:29.1	Kirby is a speaker, an author, and a podcast host based in Dallas, Texas, who has spent over a decade using digital platforms to share the truth of the gospel and encourage people to deepen
1:34.0	their love for God and His Word.
1:36.2	She is a host of Bought and Beloved Podcast and the author of The Fabric of Hope.
1:41.0	Through her ministry and teaching, Kirby is passionate about seeing this generation
1:44.5	saved, set free, and walk out their God-given calling. Today we're talking about something
1:49.4	deeply personal, hope, and suffering, as Kirby shares about walking through the loss of her mom
1:54.5	and how God met her in the middle of that grief. Kirby, I am so grateful to have you here today.
1:59.4	Welcome to the podcast. Thanks for having me, Brittany. I'm
2:02.6	excited to be here and to hopefully just inspire some people with what God has brought me through and his redemption in my life.
2:10.4	Yeah, I'm so excited. So we actually have known each other for like six years. I was thinking about that this morning, which is crazy. We met really when I
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