How do I go on? John Onwuchekwa
FamilyLife Today®
FamilyLife Network
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Some moments are so grief-swept and raw, we wonder, 'How do I go on?" Author John Onwuchekwa relays his own story of abject loss and clawing his way out.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.5 | My grief made me feel like a liar |
| 0:04.1 | that I'd spent my whole life talking to people |
| 0:06.3 | about the goodness of God and who he was. |
| 0:09.5 | And I felt this grief that maybe I lied to him. |
| 0:13.6 | Maybe I told people that something worked, |
| 0:15.9 | that didn't actually work because it's not working right now. |
| 0:21.1 | Welcome to Family Life Today, |
| 0:25.2 | where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. |
| 0:37.7 | I'm Ann Wilson. |
| 0:38.7 | And I'm Dave Wilson and you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com |
| 0:42.8 | or on the Family Life app. |
| 0:45.0 | This is Family Life, today. |
| 0:50.9 | So when you walk through your sister's death |
| 1:04.0 | and the grief after that, I'm not sure I know the answer to this. |
| 1:09.2 | What would you say was the hardest part of that journey? |
| 1:13.5 | I think it was living life without her on Earth. |
| 1:16.9 | It's like you have dreams and visions of your future, |
| 1:19.5 | even with a sister or someone that passes away. |
| 1:22.0 | I mean, she was your best friend. |
| 1:23.1 | Best friend. |
| 1:24.3 | And for her not to be there, to not talk to her, |
| 1:27.9 | to hear her voice crushed me. |
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