Day 253 - What It Means to Move Forward

365 daily emails to help you through the grieving process Grief support groups: Click here to find a GriefShare group near you. If you would like to find a group for a friend or relative, try our Search Page. Want to read ahead or resend a previous daily email? Click Here What It Means to Move Forward Day 253 Moving forward does not mean … you forget the person. you never feel the pain of your loss. you believe that life is fair. Moving forward does mean … you experience a lessening of the pain. you can treasure your best memories of the person who has died. you can realistically accept the different aspects of your loss. you can form new relationships, try new things. Moving forward also means … you grow in grace and in your walk with God. you accept your loss and forgive others. you understand that both joy and loss are a part of life. you believe that God is good, even when life isn't. "I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete" (John 15:11). Holy God, sometimes moving forward seems impossible. Continue to remind me that I cannot move forward through my own strength, but only through an extension of Yours. Amen. Through a Season of Grief The daily email messages you are receiving are also available in a book format. Purchase as a gift for a friend or buy a print copy for yourself. Through a Season of Grief by Bill Dunn and Kathy Leonard is available at online and local bookstores or at griefshare.org/devotional. If you would like to recommend these daily emails to a friend, please click here and choose one of the options under Share. For more information about GriefShare, including how to sign up for these daily emails, please click here. All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2003-2013 by The Church Initiative, Inc., All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without explicit permission in writing from Church Initiative. You subscribed to this daily email through www.griefshare.org. We value your privacy! We will never give, sell, rent, or otherwise share your email or personal information with any other organization — EVER. To remove this email address from further mailings Click Here while connected to the internet. If you have any problems or concerns, please contact dailyemailsupport@griefshare.org. GriefShare 250 S. Allen Rd. Wake Forest, NC 27587 (800) 395-5755