Ep.501: When the Pain Feels Like Too Much with Linda Dillow

How do we face grief when it feels overwhelming? How do we keep from being bitter when life turns out differently than we planned for? What do we say to God when we're simply pissed off and don't want to face the day because we did not ask for this kind of day?

Our faith does not need to be shallow, offering us only minor comfort for minor problems. Jesus understands pain and grief in ways no other human can. Yet we feel like we shouldn't go to him with our actual heartache.

Linda Dillow shares some of her life story with us. She is a woman who knows grief and anger. She also understands that life doesn't always get easier, sometimes it gets harder. And yet she has discovered some heart practices that connect her to God in these most grieved places.

If you are looking for more than a superficial faith, you are longing for a theology that withstands the worst life can throw at you and a relationship with Jesus that is authentic, push play. Linda is a comfort and a model of what it is to choose to turn back to God while asking the Holy Spirit to heal.

We want this kind of faith for us and for you.

FIND MORE ABOUT LINDA DILLOW

Linda Dillow's Book- Hope for My Hurting Heart

A FEW THINGS MENTIONED

Psalms 139

Romans 5

Chokmah- A Hebrew word meaning -Wisdom

Philippians 3

Linda's Book

Calm My Anxious Heart

QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU RISE

1. What would you title the hard story you are living through right now?
2. Linda shared about her journey of forgiveness, who might you need to forgive and what is keeping you from doing that?
3. What is a declaration of hope that you can write over your story today?
4. What would it look like for you to worship in the minor-key right now?

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