When Your Heart Knows Heaven, But Still Breaks with Author Ann Griffiths
What happens when you know the person you love is with Jesus, but your heart still feels shattered without them?
Grief doesn’t always begin after someone dies. Sometimes it begins while we’re still sitting beside them, caring for them, loving them, and slowly realizing we’re going to have to let them go.
In this tender and deeply personal episode of At This Table, host Shelly Brown sits down with author Ann Griffiths to talk about the loss of her best friend, neighbor, ministry partner, and beloved friend of nearly forty years, Donna.
Ann shares what it was like to move into Donna’s home and care for her through cancer, a devastating stroke, and the final weeks of her life, and the powerful realization that Donna was also having to let go of the people she loved.
Their conversation explores the sacredness of walking someone toward heaven, the ordinary moments that suddenly become priceless, and the overwhelming grief that followed Donna’s death; even causing Ann to wrestle with questions she never expected to ask about God and heaven.
You’ll also hear how one simple thought; “Do what’s in front of you?” helped Ann begin taking small steps forward when she had no idea what life, ministry, or writing would look like without Donna.
Ann’s forty-day devotional, God, I’m Broken: Finding Hope and Comfort in Your Grief Journey, became what she now considers one final ministry project she and Donna created together.
This conversation is rich, honest, and full of hope for anyone who has experienced loss, or wants to better understand and walk alongside someone who has.
Because, as Ann reminds us, hope truly does make the difference.
Get your copy of Ann’s book on Amazon: God, I'm Broken: Finding Hope and Comfort in Your Grief Journey
From the Publisher, Redemption Press: God, I'm Broken: Finding Hope and Comfort in Your Grief Journey
Connect with Ann Griffiths at: AnnGriffiths.com
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