12/10/2025
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🎁If you’re dreading the holidays this year, you’re not alone.
Many grieving hearts feel the weight of this season long before it arrives.
💬Carol remembers, “The first Thanksgiving, I was more concerned with just getting through the day.”
💬Willie shares, “Christmas was a day that I really wanted to come—and go. I was glad to be at work because that meant the day went by quicker.”
💬Author Lois Rabey adds, “I used to feel that I’d like to go to sleep the day before Thanksgiving and wake up January 2nd.”
❤️🩹When you’ve lost someone you love, simply getting through a normal day is hard. When you add holiday expectations—family gatherings, traditions, memories—it can intensify loneliness, anxiety, or sadness.
💡Here are a few gentle suggestions that can help:
💡 Acknowledge the difficulty. Holidays may be emotionally, relationally, physically, and spiritually draining.
💡Allow yourself to feel. Don’t ignore or numb your emotions—grief deserves honesty.
💡Set realistic expectations. Give yourself permission to do less and honor your limits.
💡Ask God for help. He meets you in your sorrow.
“But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. … You are the helper of the fatherless.” — Psalm 10:14
🙏Take a moment and pray this prayer:
God, You see and understand what I’m going through. Please give me strength and help me feel Your comfort this season.
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