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September 24, 2019 by Laura Diehl Leave a Comment

Episode 23: The Mental Breakdown

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The Road to Repair Series

God created us as three-part beings; body, soul and spirit. Too often we don’t think about how these three parts operate separately, or how they are intertwined, with one part affecting the other two parts.

We are starting out this series by looking at how our soul is affected, which is our mind/thoughts, our will and emotions.  Last week we tackled the emotional breakdown. This week we will take a look at our minds, or the mental breakdown, that makes us all think we are going crazy.

We can often be frustrated with ourselves for what a mess and how unpredictable we are, months and years down the road. We don’t like being that way. But the fact is, that is now a part of who we are, and even as we “grow” out of that, we will always be capable at any moment of returning to being that fragile broken person.

Join host, Laura Diehl, as she shares some helpful suggestions on how to strengthen our souls within our grief, after the death of our child.

Note: Many parents are angry at God for allowing their child to die. Laura understands this, and does not lay guilt on anyone for these raw and real feelings. With acknowledgement of this, she delicately shares insight into how the following scriptures can help us, even in our hurt and anger.

Psalm 91:9 “You have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place.”

Psalm 71:3 “Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come.”

Romans 8:18 “Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory He will reveal to us later.”

Eph. 3:20 “With God’s power working in us, he can do much, much more than anything we can ask or think of.”

1 Peter 5:10 “But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect (mature, restore), establish, strengthen, and settle you.”

1 Peter 1:3 “In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”

Psalm 143:8 “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.”

Rev 22:13 “I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 ““For our … troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

Birthdays

Alistair James Fleming was born on September 19 and is forever 26

Brittany Evans was born on September 25 and is forever 26

Cherie Martinez was born on September 28 and is forever 31

If you would like your child mentioned on the podcast the week of his or her birthday, click here to fill out the short form with the needed information.

The special song written for our children’s birthdays I Remember Well can be heard here.

Links referred to in this podcast episode:

 

Story behind the word “pareavor”

When Tragedy Strikes Hope & Healing Course for Bereaved Parents (A Blueprint for Learning How to Live Again, After the Death of Your Child)

36 Scriptures of Hope

Go to GPS Hope free library to access PDF of Corrie Ten Boom’s poem The Weaving

And please remember to Hold On Pain Eases; there is HOPE!

www.gpshope.org

I want to partner with GPS Hope financially to help give support to grieving parents.

You are safe here. No masks needed…

Grieving Parents Sharing Hope (GPS Hope) is here to walk with parents through the darkness of child-loss, guiding them to a place of hope, light and purpose.

It is a safe place for anyone who has lost a child from this earth. There is no shame or judgement in where you are in this journey, including if you are struggling in your relationship with God or your faith has been completely shattered.

 

To have Laura come and speak or sing at your event, contact us at office@gpshope.org.

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