236.0 Why Does Grief Always Feel Like Starting Over? 5 Ways to See Your True Progress.

2025-09-14

SHOW NOTES Grief can feel like a cycle of progress and setbacks — especially after milestones, memories, or unexpected triggers. In this episode, we’re talking about one of the most frustrating experiences in grief: feeling like you’re starting over again and again. But what if those moments aren’t setbacks at all? We’ll walk through five powerful ways to recognize the healing you may not even realize is happening. From drawing near to God (even if it's just a whisper) to surviving grief surges and feeling hope rise again — this episod...

SHOW NOTES

Grief can feel like a cycle of progress and setbacks — especially after milestones, memories, or unexpected triggers. In this episode, we’re talking about one of the most frustrating experiences in grief: feeling like you’re starting over again and again. But what if those moments aren’t setbacks at all?

We’ll walk through five powerful ways to recognize the healing you may not even realize is happening. From drawing near to God (even if it's just a whisper) to surviving grief surges and feeling hope rise again — this episode will help you reframe what healing actually looks like in the messiness of loss.

You’ll Learn:

· Why feeling like you’re starting over is often a sign of progress

· How to spot God’s grace in even the smallest moments

· Why asking when will it get better? means you’re already healing

· How God’s “upside-down Kingdom” gives us a new way to view grief

· How to respond when milestones or minefields catch you off guard

Mentioned in this Episode:

· Grief’s healing wave

· Common experiences in Christian grief

· The quiet evidence of spiritual healing

Takeaway Truth: You’re not starting over. You’re going deeper. Grief comes in waves but so does healing.

Important Scriptures

"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." 2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV)

His strength shows up not after we’ve healed — but in our weakness, as we heal.

"Come near to God and he will come near to you..." James 4:8 (NIV)

Even the smallest step toward God in grief is a giant leap toward healing.

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you..." Isaiah 43:2 (NIV)

A powerful reminder that waves may come, but they won’t consume you.

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