Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

It's only just a matter of it's got you love. Welcome to Susie Larson

live. I am always, always honored to get to spend this time with you. In fact, I look forward to

bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,

that deepen your understanding of God's Word, and that heightens your

awareness of his very real presence in your life. I don't know if you've ever thought of it this way,

but sorting through loss and even disappointment is its own kind of stewardship. Have you ever

thought about that? On one hand, one should never tell another how they should grieve or how quickly

they should be over the hurt in their heart.

Sometimes you can never get over certain losses.

But on the other hand, how we grieve does impact how we fare on the other side.

And what kind of life we go on to live after we've sorted through our loss, you know?

And they often say it's not so much what happens to us.

It's what we tell ourselves about what's happened to us, what we believe about God based on what's

happened to us. Well, my guest today writes this, you've lost someone you love, or you're on the

brink of losing your marriage, or your dreams, or your health, or perhaps the trauma of your past

pursues you into the present, your life

is going to change. Which way it goes won't be decided by your loss, but by the choices you make.

At the crossroads of grief, one road will lead to hope and healing, and the other to more hurt.

Ron Hutchcraft joins me today to talk about his new book, Hope When Your Heart is Breaking,

Finding God's Presence and Your Pain. And we'll get him on in just a moment, a quick announcement.

Just want to know, maybe you've already just kind of fallen off the wagon of your New Year's

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