There are some stories with such unfathomable pain that it can seem impossible to ever see a glimpse of redemption throughout them. When the depth of heartbreak is so great, how can you ever see the light of goodness again?
Jerry Sittser has walked a road of catastrophic loss that most of us cannot even imagine. In 1991, Jerry, his wife, mother, and children were hit head on by a drunk driver. In an instant, life as Jerry knew it was completely over as the wreck claimed the life of his wife, his young daughter, his mother and the wife and unborn child of the other driver. There in the complete wreckage of his life, Jerry slowly began to learn how the most excruciating of suffering can grow the soul in unimaginable ways. The lessons Jerry learned through his own grief have served as a healing balm to many through his groundbreaking book, A Grace Disguised How the Soul Grows Through Loss. Recently revised for a 25th Anniversary edition, Jerry vulnerably shared how grief has not only changed him, but grown him in ways that only suffering can. Through his story, he recognizes how all griefs, whether comparable or not to his own, invite us to step in to a grace that transforms us.
In this episode, Davey talks with Jerry about how experience can and ultimately has to be the catalyst for our growth, the tensions that exist in pain and suffering, and how to step into the questions that inevitably come from our greatest heartbreak.
With a hard won wisdom, a theological richness, and a profound outlook, Jerry's insight will help you process any grief you've experienced through a completely new lens. This conversation is one you'll want to listen to more than once as you glean from the deep well of Jerry's experience and wisdom.
Website: www.jerrysittser.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jerrysittser/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jerrysittser
Book: A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss
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Episode 320 - The Need For A Wise Guide in Your Healing with Ken Roberts, Teresa Glantz, Jen Ball and Karissa Sprinkle
Episode 319 - Don't Give Up Just Yet with Nick Connolly
Episode 318 - If I Don't Laugh, I'll Cry with Molly Stillman
Episode 317 - When Your Way Isn't Working with Kyle Idleman
Episode 316 - Even If He Doesn't with Kristen LaValley
Episode 315 - Finding Purpose through Vulnerability with Raleigh Sadler
Episode 314 - Grace and Suffering with Philip Yancey
Episode 313 - Holding Onto Faith in Our Doubts with Laura Wifler
Episode 312 - In His Hands with Jessika Sanders
Episode 311 - Incurable Faith with Andrea Herzer
Episode 310 - The Marriage Gift with Aaron and Jennifer Smith
Episode 309 - Experiencing God's Strength in Your Weakness with Emily Jensen
Episode 308 - Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship with Justin Whitmel Earley
Episode 307 - How Suffering Shapes Our Hearts with Andrew Peterson
Episode 306 - Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer
Episode 305 - The Continual Journey Towards Healing with Davey Blackburn, Aubrey Sampson and Eric Schumacher
Episode 304 - Walking into a New Year After Loss with Davey Blackburn
Episode 303 - Hope for the Holidays with Amy Sylvestre
Episode 302 - Practical Steps for Walking through Grief with Beth Marshall
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