Grief Light: Reflections on Grief, by Julie Yarbrough
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Grief Light is for anyone who is grieving. From her personal perspective on the “light” side of grief, the author illuminates many of the universal truths of grief through practical, spiritual illustrations and examples from ordinary life. Written in an informal, approachable style, each brief meditation offers grief insight through the rich imagery of stories and scenes from everyday experience, supported by Scripture and a prayer idea. Through these positive, uplifting reflections on life and love and death, you will discern how your faith can grow as a gift of grief through the steadfast love and faithfulness of God.
When you read these “almost devotionals,” you may think, “Oh yes, that happened to me” or “Now I understand more about what it is I'm feeling” or “I thought I was the only one who'd ever experienced that” or “There's really some plain talk here about human nature.” Grief Light also addresses some of the more contemporary, yet seldom fully acknowledged issues that surround grief, including collective/communal grief, incomplete grief, compound grief, and complicated grief. The hope is that the heart and spiritual truths of Grief Light will guide you toward a better understanding of your grief and direct you away from the darkness, toward the light of new life.
Grief Light: Reflections on Grief, by Julie Yarbrough - Amazon Sales Rank: #1271987 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-20
- Released on: 2015-05-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .63" w x 6.00" l, .82 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 252 pages
Grief Light: Reflections on Grief, by Julie Yarbrough About the Author
Julie Yarbrough is a native of Dallas, Texas. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Texas Christian University (B.M., B.M.E., 1970; M.M., 1971).
With over thirty years' experience in business management she currently serves as president of Yarbrough Investments.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of Methodist Health System, Methodist Health System Foundation and its Golden Cross division. She is a Certified Healthcare Trustee.
At Southern Methodist University she serves on the Executive Board of Perkins School of Theology. She is on the President's Advisory Council of the Texas Methodist Foundation.
Julie is the author of Inside the Broken Heart: Grief Understanding for Widows and Widowers, the Beyond the Broken Heart devotional book and widely-used curriculum program on grief, and Secure in the Storm.
She is an active member of Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A Must Read for Widows By Candy "Grief is our finest, most enduring labor of love as we remember, honor, and rebuild our life for the future. Through the work of grief we learned the unforced rhythms of grace--the grace of God, the grace of rest for our soul." Julie YarbroughOver the course of time since becoming a widow, I have read over fifty books written by Christian widows and a few widowers. Grief Light by Julie Yarbrough is one of the top three best books that I can recommend to other widows. This author has experienced firsthand the loss of a husband, a father, and a mother in less than a decade. She knows the pain of anticipatory grief and the all-consuming responsibility as well as exhaustion that a caregiver experiences.Grief Light allows the reader to emotionally walk through that time with her as she processes every facet of grief. Julie is very candid and frank about her responses to all of the emotions that she feels. She does not tiptoe around the issues and allows herself to share the effects of grief and even the thoughts she has about things that people say to her. Holding herself up to the standard of "Super Christian/Super Widow" is something that Julie does not do. Nor does she wear a mask. I found her raw honesty to be very refreshing.There are many different kinds of grief that Julie talks about that such as scrappy grief, collective grief, empty grief and delayed grief. Most of these were types of grief that I had not heard of or read about. Because Julie had wonderful relationships with her husband and her father, but did not have a good relationship with her mother, she experienced different kinds of grief and is thus qualified to talk about them.I was especially moved by the comparison of grief to a slow-moving train that the author gave and feel it is important to share a bit of that here with you because it is so easy to picture it in your mind."...I thought about how grief moves through our lives, much like a slow-moving train. It's not at all difficult to name the freight cars of our grief--fear, worry, despair, anxiety, loneliness. But if we look at what's under the train, guiding its path, directing the way, we see tracks--simple yet ingenious in their design and purpose.The tracks are a little like our life. We name the two heavy rails of our spiritual support--trust and faith. Upon the rails of our life are evenly spaced ties of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22 NRSV). The ties distribute the weight of our grief so that we're able to bear the load of our life without the one we love.The train's track system is embedded in ballast--small pieces of broken rock packed together and leveled to keep the rails and ties in place. Ballast gives the track a stable base. The ballast and bedrock of our grief are the steadfast love and faithfulness of God....(Psalm 36:5 NIV).The rails of a train track are set at a fixed distance apart. The gauge corresponds precisely to the wheel specifications of the train. The train can't run without the tracks, the tracks have no use except for the train. The tracks lead somewhere--there's a destination....We're not intended to sit idly at the railroad crossing of our life worrying about when life will move on or where life will take us. We wait for awhile--with frustration and anger, or with forbearance and hope--as the train of loss and sorrow moves slowly through our soul. We know with certainty that every train ends, with or without the finality and promise of a red caboose. When at last the tracks of our life clear, we're on the move again. Our end station is life beyond our grief. When our direction is certain, we move ahead...."Julie also shares that one of the most difficult challenges of grief is waiting--"waiting on God, waiting on life to unfold, waiting to feel better, waiting to be better.......When we grieve, somewhere deep within we long to soar again. It's what pushes us to struggle with what's happened and find within our soul God's power lifting us up to new heights of life and love and faith.Grief Light is one of those books that is important to read whether you are a new widow or a widow who is years into her journey. No more than three pages are written on each topic that Julie discusses making it one of those books that is easy to read and to absorb. As I read this book, I found a better understanding of my grief and had one of those "God lightbulb" moments that answered one of the questions that I've been asking God for the last six years.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A powerful perspective on grief By Anonymous I saw the recent press release and was eager to read Grief Light. Grief has been a steady companion in my life over the last few years and I have needed a substantial spiritual resource. Grief Light does not disappoint. I have read other books by grief author Julie Yarbrough. Grief Light is especially real and personal. Spiritual light shines through every page. This book is a must-read for anyone who is grieving or knows someone in need of an authentic guide to enlighten their experience of grief.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Guidance and comfort during grief By Susan This thoughtful, heartfelt, and exquisitely written book belongs in the library of every minister of any faith, and of every person who expects to encounter grief over the death of someone they love. And that would be each one of us. In clear and accessible reflections on everyday events and what they call up in her own soul, the author works her way through the deaths of her husband and her parents, offering words of comfort that are gently hopeful and grounded in her belief in the steadfast love and faithfulness of God. The beauty of this book lies in the emotional and spiritual intelligence of the author. As a former chaplain and a current seminarian, I highly recommend this book for the guidance and comfort it provides for private and public experiences of grief.
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