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    Grieving the Loss of a Child: Ministering to Those Who Have Experienced the Death of a Child
    Grieving the Loss of a Child: Ministering to Those Who Have Experienced the Death of a Child
    Grieving the Loss of a Child: Ministering to Those Who Have Experienced the Death of a Child
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    Grieving the Loss of a Child: Ministering to Those Who Have Experienced the Death of a Child

    By Dale Rose

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    No one should have to experience the death of a child, but many go through the deep pain and anguish. There are no words that can describe the ache and agony. This book is short, but precise, and written to guide those who have lost a child and in the process of dealing with grief. The book also gives pointers and advice for those who are willing to reach out and help others through one of the most difficult experiences a human being can walk through. This book is a must-read for those who are suffering from the loss of a child as well as anyone who helps to minister to those grieving. It may also be used as a tremendous tool in a group therapy class or setting. You will find this book to be very open, honest, transparent, and candid in nature.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateAug 8, 2016
    ISBN9781512748598
    Grieving the Loss of a Child: Ministering to Those Who Have Experienced the Death of a Child
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    Dale Rose

    Dale Rose approaches this topic due to the loss of his son, Derek, who was only 31 when he died of a heart attack. Dale is a graduate of Clear Creek Baptist Bible College (Pineville, KY) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned his Masters of Divinity Degree (Fort Worth, TX). He pastored for 12 years and has been serving the Lord in Evangelism since 1994. Dale and his wife Millie also have businesses that they own and operate.

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      Grieving the Loss of a Child - Dale Rose

      Copyright © 2016 Dale Rose.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Scripture quotations marked (KJV) are from the King James Version.

      Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible® (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation

      Used by permission. www.Lockman.org.

      Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

      This book is a work of non-fiction. Unless otherwise noted, the author and the publisher make no explicit guarantees as to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and in some cases, names of people and places have been altered to protect their privacy.

      Dale Rose, Evangelist

      Grace Evangelistic Ministries

      PO Box 30

      Monticello, KY 42633

      Personal E-Mail: kennethdrose@hotmail.com

      Office: contact@daleroseministries.org

      Cell: 606-278-0006

      Office: 606-340-2545 or 800-446-7167

      WestBow Press

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      ISBN: 978-1-5127-4858-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5127-4860-4 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5127-4859-8 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2016910862

      WestBow Press rev. date: 09/30/2016

      Contents

      Foreword

      Preface

      First, our daughter Hailey’s thoughts:

      Now for David Mayer II’s tribute to Derek:

      And Now the Tragic Story of How Our Lives Changed Forever

      The Pain of Losing a Child

      Comfort to Those Who Mourn

      When experiencing grief, there are some things to do and things not to do.

      Christians Bringing Healing to Those Who Are Hurting

      Things to Do and Things to Avoid in Helping the Bereaved

      Warning! Things to Avoid Doing and Saying

      The Emotions and Issues of a Loss through Miscarriage

      Things You, as a Caring Person, Can Do to Help

      After All Is Said and Done

      About the Author

      Works Cited

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      A wife who loses a

      husband is called a widow.

      A husband who loses a wife is

      called a widower.

      A child who loses his

      parents is called an

      orphan.

      There is no word for a

      parent who loses a child.

      That’s how awful

      the loss is.

      Jay Neugeboren

      An Orphan’s Tale, 1976

      Foreword

      Dear friends:

      It is with sadness that I write a foreword for a book such as this. It means that the one who has written it understands the loss of a child, and it means that those who most likely will read this book have experienced something similar. For that, I am deeply sorry. Having lost our thirty-two-year-old daughter in the fall of 2009, my wife and I have gone through some of the same experiences as Dale and Millie Rose.

      Please read this book. It is filled with helpful suggestions to help move past the deep loss into a place of hope and help. There are too many trite platitudes used by so many in the Christian world for those who have experienced grief and loss. Rather than being a list of trite platitudes, this book contains scriptural help, practical assistance, and good common sense to help people move past the deep grief of initial loss into a time of using loss for the glory of God.

      Someone once said that grief is like waves on the ocean shore. They never stop, but over time they decrease in frequency as well as intensity. Perhaps, this is so. I believe this book will help you dealing with the waves of grief that continue to come. Thank you to Dale and Millie Rose for sharing their story and attempting to do something practical to help the body of Christ.

      Please read this and be ready to find a touch from the Lord as well as practical help for your heart.

      Sincerely,

      Frank S. Page, PhD

      President and Chief Executive Officer

      Southern Baptist Convention

      Preface

      My first writing was at seven months after Derek’s death, and I wrote mostly for self-therapy. At nineteen months, we were compiling it into book format, and we edited for four years. Seven years have rapidly sped by since our son’s untimely death at the age of thirty-one. He died of a heart attack in his sleep. Ministry and our various businesses keep us extremely busy, but I know why it has been most difficult. Each time I start writing and

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