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

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Welcome to Teachback Tuesday, where we replay the most popular episodes from previous seasons. This episode, The Empty Chair and Other Firsts of Grief is approaching the 10,000 download mark, which tells us something we already knew: grief is an ongoing rotation in life. Some of us are in the roles of comforters, while others need comforting. When it's our turn to grieve, we experience how deeply life changes with the absence of a loved one. If this is your experience, you have an empty chair and all the changes that come with the grieving process. Many people may try to be supportive and caring, but eventually they do have to leave us and return to their own lives. When no one else is around, God will not leave us alone. He is the Comforter Who abides with us forever. Here's a verse that reminds us of this truth: "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever..." (John 14:16) BOOKS IN THE SHOP AT KEEP THE HEART Fret Not: Peace of Mind in Perilous Times by Tim Zacharias Minerals for the Mind: A Study of Romans 12 by Kathy Ashley Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions by Francie Taylor Mirror Talk: A Journey from Hurt to Healing Through God's Redemptive Love by Marianne Barnett In Christ Unconditionally: Heart Conditions by Francie Taylor (Leader Guide or Solo Study) Follow Keep the Heart on Instagram Like Keep the Heart on Facebook Francie 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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