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This book gives hope and encouragement for the grieving., September 20, 1998
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This book was given to me by my best friend at the time of my mother's death. It was such a comfort to me, I read it several times in just a few short months. It helped me to better understand and cope with the feelings and emotions I was experiencing. The author used a lot of scriptures to show how God comforts us in our sorrow. I purchase this book and give it as often as the need arises.
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"When You Lose Someone You Love:Comfort for Those Who Grieve" by Richard Exley, March 8, 2010
This review is from: When You Lose Someone You Love: Comfort for Those Who Grieve (Paperback)
I recently reviewed a book by a different author on my blog on the grieving process from a man's perspective and directed specifically to men. It mentioned practical ways for a man in grieving to take care of himself. I found it to be very informative and helpful to learn about and to help men cope with grieving in a healthy way. Being a woman, it took on even more importance.
Richard Exley's book, "When You Lose Someone You Love" is, to me, a deeper continuance of the previous book. It, too, is a man's perspective and directed to men, although this one could definitely be helpful for women as well.
Richard's book is written in letter form so he can "speak to you directly and in a very personal manner." His letters are in response to letters written to him. He claims, "Nothing I have written will take your pain away--only God can do that--but it will help you understand what you are experiencing, and how to get through it."
Chapters include (italics are my descriptions):
1. When Death Comes-initial moments to days after the funeral
2. Without Warning-unspeakable pain to tragic truth
3. The Truth About Grief-emptiness to encouragement
4. The Tides of Grief-unimaginable tidal waves to redemptive work of grief
5. The Pitfalls of Grief-temptation to pretend to wallowing in grief
6. The Promise of His Presence-questioning God's presence to Godly comfort
7. The Depth of His Love-can you trust God to God's love
8. If God Is for Us-senseless tragedy to redemption
9. In My Father's House-is there life after death to new life
Richard goes into great personal detail on each chapter subject, ministering, encouraging and empathizing. Each chapter also includes a prayer and Scripture reference pertinent to the subject handled. The prayers are so heartfelt that they minister straight to your heart. This is a very personal and intimate resource of great value for someone who has never been through the grieving process, bringing them back to a state of joy, or for someone who wants to minister to the grieving.
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Hope and Comfort, January 19, 2010
This review is from: When You Lose Someone You Love: Comfort for Those Who Grieve (Paperback)
David C. Cook Publishing recently released When You Lose Someone You Love: Comfort for Those Who Grieve by Richard Exley. It's a collection of letters Richard Exley sent to a man who had lost a loved one, and was suffering in his grief. It's a very gentle approach to working through the grief, acceptance, and eventual peace with the loss.
When You Lose Someone You Love consists of nine letters each containing stories from the author's life, truths, and scripture references and end with the welcome promise of hope. Each letter reads like a conversation from a friend, touching, and gentle, just what someone who has suffered a great loss needs. Updated and revised, this twentieth anniversary edition features prayers and scripture meditation, as well as a new introduction and a very personal and touching epilogue about the author's own loss - the death of his father. The story gave me chills, and was a look into the author's heart.
I have suffered a lot of loss in my life, losing many loved ones over the years, both friends and family, some of them quite young, and many suddenly. I have learned my own way of dealing with the losses, starting with my father when I was a young child and the most recent being my grandmother, grandfather, and my cousin's young son all around the same time a year ago last summer. I've experienced deaths after a long illness, a short illness, accidents, and old age. No matter when you're loved one dies, the loss is substantial. When You Lose Someone You Love showed me some truths that I had not learned, some ways of looking at the loss and dealing with the grief that were needed for me. If you or someone you know has suffered a loss, this book will provide the comfort and help needed to get through the sorrow. I really liked that this is not a book about grief, but rather feels like comfort from a friend.
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