How God comforts us and helps us through pain and grief, by Pastor Rick Warren

     I listened to this message last evening... passing it along. Pastor Rick Warren, who lost his 27-year-old son due to suicide, shares six ways God comforts and helps us through grief:

+ God draws us close to Himself;

+ God feels our pain with us;

+ God gives us a church family for support;

+ God uses grief and pain to help us grow

+ God gives us the promise of heaven

+ God uses our pain to help others.

     Pastor Rick also gives some advice for those who are comforting those who are grieving: 

(1) Never minimize the grieving person's pain or try to "fix it"; and 

(2) Never try to rush people through the grieving process or set time expectations for how long the grieving process should last. 

     We don't get over the loss of a loved one... we get through it.

     Click on the link for the 45-minute message: How God Can Bless a Broken Heart.