Teachback Tuesday-The Empty Chair and Other Firsts of Grief

Keep the Heart

Francie Taylor

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Welcome to Teachback Tuesday, where we play the most popular episodes from the previous season. This week’s episode, “The Empty Chair and Other Firsts of Grief,” has been downloaded by people all over the world. We are far more familiar with loved ones passing than we were prior to 2020, and it has changed the structure of many people’s lives. As a person very familiar with the empty chair, it is my prayer that this episode will provide help to those who are in their season of firsts. Whether you’re listening again or for the first time, you are not alone. In fact, here's a comforting verse reminding us of this truth, found in John 14:18: "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." IT'S BACK: Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions Call Upon Him: An Examination of Prayers Throughout Scripture by Kathy Ashley Heart Conditions--from the Popular "ICU" Bible Study Series Great Gift Idea: One-of-a-Kind Rose Gold Compact Bible Ponder the Path: 31-Day Bible-Habit-Building Devotional Shop the Mall of Keep the Heart! Follow Keep the Heart on Instagram Like Keep the Heart on Facebook

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0:00.0	Welcome to Teachback Tuesday, where we play the most popular episodes from previous seasons.
0:05.0	This episode, The Empty Chair and Other Firsts of Grief, is quickly approaching the 10,000
0:11.8	download mark, but I believe I know why that's going on. It's because we continue to learn more
0:17.4	about grief every year, don't we? Prior to the pandemic, people still had loved ones
0:22.8	passing away, so this is not a new experience. But the experience of having an empty chair at the
0:28.7	holidays, that can be a bit unnerving, to say the least. I hope this episode helps those of you
0:35.2	who are going through this for the first time.
0:37.8	Let's listen.
0:39.4	Whenever we get to the holidays, there's always the chance that there will be people who
0:43.7	are going through a season of firsts.
0:46.3	Those are the things that come up in life that are happening for the first time,
0:50.7	like having an empty spot at the dining room table for the holidays.
0:56.0	It's really disorienting,
1:00.0	and we may find ourselves feeling like we'd rather not celebrate.
1:12.4	Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor. Francie is an author,
1:19.1	teacher, and conference speaker. Sharing lessons from the Word of God is her passion. Now, back to today's important study. The empty chair at the dining room table is just one of several adjustments in life
1:31.1	when we're trying to learn how to live without someone that we've had in our world for so long
1:36.2	that they're literally woven into the fabric of our soul. There are birthdays,
1:41.8	anniversaries, even first-time medical challenges without our beloveds.
1:47.1	And even if we were expecting their passing, there's an adjustment period that takes time
1:52.4	and takes us through a transition that is just stunning at times, and then it's tender at others.
1:59.0	We're going to look at three things to consider when you're going
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