Grief and Joy Restoration
Loss is universal but grief is personal.
Grieving is normal, however if these feelings are prolonged, they can become toxic,
which is why we need to learn about how to relieve toxic thoughts to stay healthy, mentally, spiritually and physically.
Some examples of situations that cause loss or grief symptoms:
Parenting as a grandparent due to unforeseen circumstances
Natural disaster (i.e. Mar., 2011 earthquake/tsunami in Japan)
Financial loss due to unscrupulous dealings
Poor or hurtful choices of one’s children
Loss or death of a beloved family pet
Death of a spouse, child, loved one
Loss of a relationship or friendship
Being overlooked for promotion
Loss of a home to foreclosure
Imprisonment of a loved one
Loss of a marriage - Divorce
Breakup of some kind
Career change
Loss of health
Loss of a job
Miscarriage
Retirement
Abortion
and more.
who needs joy restoration coaching?
Are you stuck or having a difficult time moving forward in your life because of something that happened?
Have you lost your spouse?
Are you having difficulty forgiving someone and letting go?
Did you lose your home?
Do you lack joy and/or peace in your life?
Have you lost your job?
Do you lack motivation from a loss?
Are you fearful to move on after a divorce?
Have you just buried a parent?
Have you experienced a break up of a meaningful relationship?
These are just a "few" reasons a person may be needing a Joy Restoration Coach.
Especially if a person is struggling longer than they think they should.
Everyone experiences loss at sometime in their life.
There are the normal stages a person goes through after a loss
but if you feel that you are not recovering emotionally,
think about getting some coaching direction and support.
You do not have to do this alone or loose months or even years from your life because of what happened.
You don't necessarily need counseling but you may need Grief/Joy Restoration Coaching.
Remember, you will be investing in the best possible resource – yourself!
Wouldn't be nice to be able to help others when you are on the other side of what has happened to you?
five stages of grief
Denial and/or Isolation - The first reaction to learning of a death of a cherished loved one, a spouse who is leaving or some tragedy that just happened is to deny the reality of the situation. This is a normal reaction to the overwhelming emotions. It is a defense mechanism that buffers the immediate shocking news. We want to block out the words and hide from the facts. This is a temporary response that carries us through the first wave of pain. We may even imagine that the former spouse, family member, friend or pet will be coming around the corner in the home for days after.
Anger - As the effects of denial begin to wear off, the reality and its pain re-emerges. It's too much to take. This intense emotion is diverted from our vulnerable core and can be expressed as anger. The anger may be aimed at objects, a spouse, strangers, friends or family….or even be directed towards our deceased loved one. We may resent the person for causing us pain. We may even feel guilty for being angry which can make us even more angry.
Bargaining - Bargaining is a normal reaction to feelings of helplessness and vulnerability. We want to regain control of our lives and not feeling the way we feel. We say to ourselves….if only I tried harder at the relationship….if only I went and got medial advise sooner….if only I warned them the road were really slippery. Secretly, we may make a deal with God or our higher power in an attempt to stop or postpone the inevitable. This is a weaker line of defense to protect us from the painful reality.
Depression - There can be two levels of depression associated with mourning. Sadness, hopelessness, regret, worry are just some of the feelings that predominate depression. We worry about the costs and burial. We worry that, in our grief, we have spent less time with others that depend on us. We may need a bit of helpful cooperation and a few kind words. Some may experience a second level of depression which is (after the funeral, divorce, job loss, etc.) the person is not taking care of themselves such as bathing, eating, do errands and tasks, even feelings of suicide. This is the time to reach out to a counselor or grief coach.
Acceptance - Reaching this stage of mourning is a gift. The word gift is used because some may never see beyond the anger or depression and sadly sometimes it's by choice. Acceptance is not just a "period of happiness". It is not a mark of bravery and to deny ourselves the stages listed above. This stage is about accepting the reality that our loved one is physically or relationally gone, the home or job is gone, or what ever the loss may be and recognizing that this new reality is the permanent reality. In time, through bits and pieces of acceptance, we see it as the new norm with which we learn to live in. Your peace and happiness is restored.
The best thing you can do is to allow yourself to feel the grief as it comes over you.
Resisting it only will prolong the natural process of healing.
The five stages of normal grief were first proposed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book “On Death and Dying.”
Psalm 9:9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 22:24 For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
Psalm 23 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 27:4-5 One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.
Psalm 37:39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble
Psalm 46:1-2 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.
Psalm 48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Psalm 71:20-21 Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me.
Proverbs 14:32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous have a refuge.
Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 40:18-31 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 54:10 "Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Isaiah 66:12-14 For this is what the LORD says: "I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees. As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem." When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the LORD will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,
Matthew 6:19-34 I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?" For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:33 (NLT) Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
Matthew 11:25-30 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
John 6:39-40 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 14:1-4 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God[; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Romans 8:14,15 ... because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.
Romans 8:31-39 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: " For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Corinthians 1:3-5 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
2 Corinthians 4:13-16 It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God
Hebrews 4:14-16 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” - Psalm 30:5
“Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” – Nehemiah 8:10
Grieving is normal, however if these feelings are prolonged, they can become toxic,
which is why we need to learn about how to relieve toxic thoughts to stay healthy, mentally, spiritually and physically.
Some examples of situations that cause loss or grief symptoms:
Parenting as a grandparent due to unforeseen circumstances
Natural disaster (i.e. Mar., 2011 earthquake/tsunami in Japan)
Financial loss due to unscrupulous dealings
Poor or hurtful choices of one’s children
Loss or death of a beloved family pet
Death of a spouse, child, loved one
Loss of a relationship or friendship
Being overlooked for promotion
Loss of a home to foreclosure
Imprisonment of a loved one
Loss of a marriage - Divorce
Breakup of some kind
Career change
Loss of health
Loss of a job
Miscarriage
Retirement
Abortion
and more.
who needs joy restoration coaching?
Are you stuck or having a difficult time moving forward in your life because of something that happened?
Have you lost your spouse?
Are you having difficulty forgiving someone and letting go?
Did you lose your home?
Do you lack joy and/or peace in your life?
Have you lost your job?
Do you lack motivation from a loss?
Are you fearful to move on after a divorce?
Have you just buried a parent?
Have you experienced a break up of a meaningful relationship?
These are just a "few" reasons a person may be needing a Joy Restoration Coach.
Especially if a person is struggling longer than they think they should.
Everyone experiences loss at sometime in their life.
There are the normal stages a person goes through after a loss
but if you feel that you are not recovering emotionally,
think about getting some coaching direction and support.
You do not have to do this alone or loose months or even years from your life because of what happened.
You don't necessarily need counseling but you may need Grief/Joy Restoration Coaching.
Remember, you will be investing in the best possible resource – yourself!
Wouldn't be nice to be able to help others when you are on the other side of what has happened to you?
five stages of grief
Denial and/or Isolation - The first reaction to learning of a death of a cherished loved one, a spouse who is leaving or some tragedy that just happened is to deny the reality of the situation. This is a normal reaction to the overwhelming emotions. It is a defense mechanism that buffers the immediate shocking news. We want to block out the words and hide from the facts. This is a temporary response that carries us through the first wave of pain. We may even imagine that the former spouse, family member, friend or pet will be coming around the corner in the home for days after.
Anger - As the effects of denial begin to wear off, the reality and its pain re-emerges. It's too much to take. This intense emotion is diverted from our vulnerable core and can be expressed as anger. The anger may be aimed at objects, a spouse, strangers, friends or family….or even be directed towards our deceased loved one. We may resent the person for causing us pain. We may even feel guilty for being angry which can make us even more angry.
Bargaining - Bargaining is a normal reaction to feelings of helplessness and vulnerability. We want to regain control of our lives and not feeling the way we feel. We say to ourselves….if only I tried harder at the relationship….if only I went and got medial advise sooner….if only I warned them the road were really slippery. Secretly, we may make a deal with God or our higher power in an attempt to stop or postpone the inevitable. This is a weaker line of defense to protect us from the painful reality.
Depression - There can be two levels of depression associated with mourning. Sadness, hopelessness, regret, worry are just some of the feelings that predominate depression. We worry about the costs and burial. We worry that, in our grief, we have spent less time with others that depend on us. We may need a bit of helpful cooperation and a few kind words. Some may experience a second level of depression which is (after the funeral, divorce, job loss, etc.) the person is not taking care of themselves such as bathing, eating, do errands and tasks, even feelings of suicide. This is the time to reach out to a counselor or grief coach.
Acceptance - Reaching this stage of mourning is a gift. The word gift is used because some may never see beyond the anger or depression and sadly sometimes it's by choice. Acceptance is not just a "period of happiness". It is not a mark of bravery and to deny ourselves the stages listed above. This stage is about accepting the reality that our loved one is physically or relationally gone, the home or job is gone, or what ever the loss may be and recognizing that this new reality is the permanent reality. In time, through bits and pieces of acceptance, we see it as the new norm with which we learn to live in. Your peace and happiness is restored.
The best thing you can do is to allow yourself to feel the grief as it comes over you.
Resisting it only will prolong the natural process of healing.
The five stages of normal grief were first proposed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book “On Death and Dying.”
Psalm 9:9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 22:24 For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
Psalm 23 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 27:4-5 One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.
Psalm 37:39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble
Psalm 46:1-2 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.
Psalm 48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Psalm 71:20-21 Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me.
Proverbs 14:32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous have a refuge.
Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 40:18-31 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 54:10 "Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Isaiah 66:12-14 For this is what the LORD says: "I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees. As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem." When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the LORD will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,
Matthew 6:19-34 I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?" For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:33 (NLT) Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
Matthew 11:25-30 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
John 6:39-40 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 14:1-4 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God[; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Romans 8:14,15 ... because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.
Romans 8:31-39 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: " For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Corinthians 1:3-5 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
2 Corinthians 4:13-16 It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God
Hebrews 4:14-16 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” - Psalm 30:5
“Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” – Nehemiah 8:10
