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Rush

How to Deal With Heartache and Grief as a Christian

Rush

Gather Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The heartache of loss and grief can be too much to bear on our own. But when we meet with Jesus, we see he can bear our burdens. Discover the spiritual key to healing your grief.

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Rush Podcast is a production of Gather Ministries (https://www.gatherministries.com/), a non-profit organization led by Jennifer & Justin Camp. Through our five ministries, we equip men and women to encounter God in the every-day lives they're living. From Loop for Women, an email devotional focused on beauty & prayer, to WiRE for Men, an email devotional that helps men see life with God as the greatest adventure of all time, we hope we have something that matters to you.

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Enjoying Rush? Please SUBSCRIBE to keep fresh episodes coming your way. Also, we'd be honored if you'd rate and review the podcast, as it helps others find and be encouraged by listening to it. To do so, scroll down the episode list in your chosen app until you reach the "Ratings & Reviews" section (Apple) or visit the show homepage, select the three dots next to the gear icon and tap "Rate show" (Spotify). Thank you!

Rush is made possible through generous, tax-deductible donations. You'll notice we don't run ads or use affiliate links. For more than ten years, God has provided faithful partners like you who keep this ministry going. We'd love your support. Visit https://www.gatherministries.com today and click "DONATE NOW" to help.

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Looking for more FREE resources to equip your heart and fortify your spirit? Consider:

→ Loop for Women, a three-times-a-week email devotional anchored in prophetic prayer and designed to help you receive God's love, meditate on his beauty, and tend to your precious heart. Subscribe FREE at https://www.loopforwomen.com

 

Jennifer is the author of the best-selling book Breathing Eden: Conversations with God on Light, Fresh Air, and New Things. You can find it at https://bit.ly/Breathing-Eden.

 

→ WiRE for Men, a twice-a-week email devotional for men that tackles tough questions like "What does it mean to be a man today?" and "Why am I so angry?" and "How can I find true friendship?". Subscribe FREE at https://www.wireformen.com.

 

WiRE is written by Justin Camp, author of Invention: Break Free from the Culture Hell-Bent on Holding You Back, Odyssey: Encounter the God of Heaven and Escape the Surly Bonds of this World, and Rescue: When God's Cavalry Arrives to Deliver You from Quiet Desperation. You can find them at https://bit.ly/WiRE-Series-for-Men or wherever books are sold.

 

→ Flag Messages, a once-a-week email that helps you encounter God through prayer, Scripture, and guided exercises. Flag invites you to go deeper into who God is, who he says you are, and what it means for the lives we're living right now. Subscribe FREE at https://flagmessages.io/

→ Rapt Interviews is a hub for curious, thoughtful thinkers, culture-changers, and creatives. Through interviews with the authors, pastors, and musicians you know and love, we give you a glimpse into how they're encountering God in the midst of their dynamic lives. Twice a month, we serve up a curated newsletter of fascinating articles, new books & music we think you might like, exclusive book previews, and more. Like everything else we do, it's FREE! Subscribe at https://raptinterviews.com/

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About your hosts:

 

Justin Camp is a writer and storyteller with a heart for adventure. He created the WiRE devotional for men with modern, busy men in mind and writes books, articles, and devotionals aimed at equipping & encouraging men of all ages. He is a co-founder of Gather Ministries, a nonprofit he runs with his wife, Jennifer, and before he decided to spend his days with a pen and his favorite journal always nearby, he was a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley and a lawyer on Wall Street. Justin, Jennifer, and their three children live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

 

Jennifer Camp, co-founder of Gather Ministries, grew up in an almond orchard in Northern California. A former high school English teacher, she loves to write and encourage people to go deeper into their own stories and into their identities in Christ. Jennifer is the Amazon bestselling author of Breathing Eden: On Light, Fresh Air, and New Things and Loop: What Women Need to Know. She also writes at jenniferjcamp.com and is bringing a poetry collection into the world in early 2024.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Let me carry your heart now. A breaking heart hurts. It hurts. Love is never pain-free.

0:16.8

So how is it worth it, you wonder? How is love worth it when a loved one dies and it

0:23.5

hurts so much? How is it worth it to feel so much pain? You know the answer to that. You know that

0:34.4

love, even if it breaks your heart, is worth it. The love for another has given you a gift you can

0:42.4

never explain. Not with words anyway, but let's try.

0:48.2

Rush Podcast, Holy Spirit in modern life.

1:07.4

Psalm 34 18-20, The Passion. The Lord is close to all whose hearts are crushed by pain and he is

1:28.5

always ready to restore the repentant one. Even when bad things happen to the good and godly ones,

1:36.6

the Lord will save them and not let them be defeated by what they face. God will be your body

1:43.2

guard to protect you when trouble is near. Not one bone will be broken.

2:05.5

Holy Spirit in us, this is what we heard for you.

2:09.5

You don't have to have words now. It's okay. You don't have to know how to steady your heart.

2:21.4

I can do that. I know that pain is great. You feel fragile, unsteady, angry, confused. You want to

2:32.9

pound on my chest. You can do that. You want to run and yell or curl up in a ball and not talk

2:41.4

to a soul. That's okay. You can do that for a while. When you love, your heart has the ability to

2:51.8

break wide open. And this is it. What's happening now? Your heart breaking open. You feel sick.

3:02.9

And weak and angry and wishing time could go backward or that this is all just a dream. A very bad,

3:11.5

very bad dream. I know. I know. Let me carry your heart now. A breaking heart hurts. It hurts. Love

3:27.3

is never pain-free. So how is it worth it, you wonder? How is love worth it when a loved one

3:36.8

dies and it hurts so much? How is it worth it to feel so much pain? You know the answer to that.

3:47.2

You know that love, even if it breaks your heart, is worth it. The love for another has given you a

3:56.8

gift you could never explain. Not with words anyway, but let's try. Love makes you vulnerable and

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