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    Comfort for the Day: Living Through the Seasons of Grief
    Comfort for the Day: Living Through the Seasons of Grief
    Comfort for the Day: Living Through the Seasons of Grief
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    Comfort for the Day: Living Through the Seasons of Grief

    By Steve Nicola and Karen Nicola

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    Your heart is crushed.
    Finding it even difficult to breathe, you
    wake up to the reality that someone you treasure is gone. Death has stolen your loved one from your arms. Now the seemingly insurmountable difficult work of living through grief begins. Is there anything that can soothe this overwhelming ache? Is there a safe place for the anger? Will depression become a constant companion? Does the painful malaise last forever? How can I just get through the day?
    Comfort for the Day offers a personalized grief recovery experience, drawn from the source of all comfort–
    God. His Word will become a guide and friend as the reader lives through the confusing and painful seasons of grief.
    Comfort for the Day is what each grieving heart longs for. Used either as a gift for the bereaved or for your own personal needs, Comfort for the Day brings real help for really hurting people.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateOct 12, 2011
    ISBN9781449718817
    Comfort for the Day: Living Through the Seasons of Grief
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    Steve Nicola

    Steve y Karen Nicola son un testimonio vivo de la gracia sanadora de Dios. Ellos se apoyaron en Dios para guiarse a través del duelo luego de la muerte de su hijo de tres años por leucemia. Luego de treinta años Steve y Karen revisaron este diario de recuperación de duelo que ha mantenido su vigencia y agregaron prácticas y sugerencias para aquellos que están experimentando dolor, miedo y sufrimiento después de la muerte de un ser querido. En el blog de Karen en www.comfortfortheday.com se puede recibir apoyo y aliento continuos.

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      Comfort for the Day - Steve Nicola

      Copyright © 1986, 2011, 2016, 2019 Steve & Karen Nicola.

      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.

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-1881-7 (e)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-1882-4 (sc)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011931477

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.westbowpress.com

      844-714-3454

      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.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      WestBow Press rev. date: 09/28/2020

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      How to Use This Book

      Comfort for Your Emotional Grief

      Understanding Your Physical Grief

      Questions of Pain Answers of Comfort

      Comfort for the Day

      Comfort Available 24/7

      Picture God’s Comfort

      God Loves You

      Meet Your Heart Specialist

      Mental Pictures

      He Can be Trusted

      Forgiveness Begins the Healing

      To Grieve or Not to Grieve

      Trusting God Increases Hope

      The Privilege of Suffering

      Be Honest

      The Need to Blame

      Your Tears are Noticed

      Why? Part One

      Why? Part Two

      Ask How? Instead of Why?

      Okay Lord, How?

      Grace to Match the Need

      Anticipating the Firsts

      The Despair of Sadness

      Fear in Grieving

      Grief’s Anger

      Patience with Healing

      Grief Is Hard Work

      Contentment in Uncertainty

      Death Is But A Sleep

      Accept God’s Comfort

      Pain and Suffering are Not Forever

      The Perfect Heart Reader

      Knowing God’s Will

      Grieving with Hope

      In His Time

      God is More Creative than Your Pain

      Cooperate with the Physician

      Becoming a New You

      Comfort Others

      Who Am I?

      Loneliness

      One Day at a Time

      Letting Go

      Constructive or Destructive Memories

      Then We Will See Face to Face

      Living with a Healed Heart

      More Journal Pages

      Sketches, Notes, Quotes, & Memories

      God’s Words to Comfort You

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      The night was long, but not long enough. How we wished we could travel back in time just three short months. Our precious first born son, Dawson, was in remission then, and our little daughter, Joanna, played contentedly with her big brother. We were a very happy family of four. If only we could hold those cherished days in a timeless bottle … But there is no such opportunity.

      The night was dark and the morning grew darker as we pressed ourselves nearer to Dawson’s bed. Just at sunrise our son lost his battle with leukemia. There are no words. You know that. While Leukemia had won, the love in our hearts has never been overtaken by suffering or time.

      Steve: Each morning I woke, it felt like I was a freight train slamming into a brick wall.

      Karen: I couldn’t cry easily with others.

      Steve: I wanted to talk about my son and his death to anyone who would listen.

      Karen: It felt like I would never come back from my journey into grief.

      Together: We trusted God to help us.

      Our loss is not a model for you. We do not share our story to add to your pain. We just want you to know that our hearts beat in the rhythm of pain with yours. We want you to know what brought healing for our broken hearts is available for you too. If your wife lingered in a painful death, if your parent has recently passed away, if your husband died suddenly, if your child was killed by a drunk driver, or if a sibling recently took his own life, this book is written for you.

      We look forward to being supportive friends as you live through the seasons of your grief. 55721.png

      Steve & Karen

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      You are hurting. Right now the pain is unlike anything you have experienced. Words like arrangements, process, stages, and grief may cause you to recoil and insist this is all a bad dream. Even reading can seem insurmountable. For that reason, this grief recovery guide is designed for your unique, broken hearted needs. Our intention is that you find comfort here as you move through your individual seasons of grief.

      Why should I use this book?

      That’s a great question. Why should you read a book about your grief? What can this book do for you? Comfort for the Day is an intentionally crafted grief recovery journal. It gives you, the reader, a place to practice healthy grieving, be honest with your feelings and experience God’s comfort for each day of sorrow. This means …

      ○ You have a safe place to express your deepest feelings

      ○ You can be assured that God is personally interested in your suffering

      ○ You can be encouraged that you are moving forward in your healing.

      ○ You can see how God helps to clear up confusion as you reread your entries

      ○ You can be less concerned with unanswered questions

      ○ You can be comforted that you are not alone in your pain.

      Accept Your Individuality

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