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Survival Notes: Comfort For Those Who Mourn
Sorrow is a longing for their return. It’s a heartache, the absence of love. It’s something you never thought you’d experience. Now you are staggering through the day—tired and winded. You feel their absence everywhere. And the worst thing about grieving is knowing that tomorrow it will continue to rob you of your courage, your hope, your faith.
Survival Notes: Comfort for Those Who Mourn isn't weighed down with a bunch of psychological explanations, as most books about grief seem to be these days. Survival Notes is a book that comforts. It leads the reader through the valley of the shadow of death. It reveals the tenderness of God. “A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out” (Matt 12:20).
This is God’s nature toward us. He won’t kick us when we are down. He nourishes our soul and makes sure our light is not snuffed out. He gently heals the broken reed. But it doesn’t mean your sorrow will cease.
You won’t be healed in six months. A year won’t take the pain away. Not even a decade will erase sorrow. A bruised reed remains bruised in many ways. You will always remember the date of their death. You will relive it each year, and it will seem like it goes on forever. But you have the tenderness of God caring for you. He has taken you into his arms. He says, “Fear not."
Losing a loved one is something we can never prepare for fully. And when the reality of it hits, we’re afraid we won’t measure up to the challenge the future holds. But you will. You are strong, and this book will help you get stronger.
Survival Notes is a devotional book for survivors, for those who’ve lost loved ones. It’s an intimate devotional guide that will reveal God’s comfort and encouragement.
Robert Stofel is the creative writing teacher at the 360WestProject—a writing workshop for suicidal adolescents at the psych hospital where he is employed.
360WestProject publishes a student-authored literary journal each week.
Robert is also the pastor of Vintage Faith Church in Decatur, Alabama. He spent three years in the inner city of Nashville, Tennessee, counseling crack addicts. He’s a frequent conference speaker.
He holds a B.S. in Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University and also studied at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Survival Notes: Comfort for Those Who Mourn isn't weighed down with a bunch of psychological explanations, as most books about grief seem to be these days. Survival Notes is a book that comforts. It leads the reader through the valley of the shadow of death. It reveals the tenderness of God. “A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out” (Matt 12:20).
This is God’s nature toward us. He won’t kick us when we are down. He nourishes our soul and makes sure our light is not snuffed out. He gently heals the broken reed. But it doesn’t mean your sorrow will cease.
You won’t be healed in six months. A year won’t take the pain away. Not even a decade will erase sorrow. A bruised reed remains bruised in many ways. You will always remember the date of their death. You will relive it each year, and it will seem like it goes on forever. But you have the tenderness of God caring for you. He has taken you into his arms. He says, “Fear not."
Losing a loved one is something we can never prepare for fully. And when the reality of it hits, we’re afraid we won’t measure up to the challenge the future holds. But you will. You are strong, and this book will help you get stronger.
Survival Notes is a devotional book for survivors, for those who’ve lost loved ones. It’s an intimate devotional guide that will reveal God’s comfort and encouragement.
Robert Stofel is the creative writing teacher at the 360WestProject—a writing workshop for suicidal adolescents at the psych hospital where he is employed.
360WestProject publishes a student-authored literary journal each week.
Robert is also the pastor of Vintage Faith Church in Decatur, Alabama. He spent three years in the inner city of Nashville, Tennessee, counseling crack addicts. He’s a frequent conference speaker.
He holds a B.S. in Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University and also studied at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
67 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 31, 2013
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