Practical strategies are on this episode today to declutter our minds using an evidence based strategy that also is demonstrated by David in the Bible. A "brain trick" strategy for truly handing over our worries to Jesus and leaving them there are also.

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As a Christian, how do we handle grief? And how to we begin to heal?

Few things are more disorienting than losing someone you love — especially when it's sudden, unexpected, or traumatic. The world shifts. Time slows. Your nervous system is overwhelmed with waves of shock, sadness, confusion, or even numbness. And you wonder how to even begin functioning, let alone healing.

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Haddasah Treu's book Drawing Near: How Painful Experiences Become the Birthplace of Blessings

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Article by Haddasah to Read: "The Art of Emotional Connection" https://onthewaybg.com/the-art-of-emotional-connection/

List for Healing Painful Emotions (from Haddasah Treu's article above):

• Acknowledging emotional disconnect
• Identifying the lies we believe about emotions
• Replacing those lies with God’s truth
• Naming and expressing emotion in God's presence
• Allowing others to witness and hold space for our pain

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Today, I want to speak directly to the soul that’s feeling disoriented—discouraged—by everything going on in the world right now. Have you felt it too? The weight of the chaos. The anger, the division, the fear in the news cycle, the confusion about what’s true, the constant pessimism?

It feels like shifting ground beneath our feet.

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But here's what I want to tell you today: as the world grows more chaotic, that's not our cue to panic—that’s our signal to come closer to God. This is what I regularly teach – whenever you have any problem – whether it be a personal problem that you have a little control over or one that you have no control over. Or whether it’s a problem in the world that you have no control over. The key question to choosing the right option for problem solving is this key question: Is how I am working to handle this or resolve this – is the option I’ve chosen bringing me closer to God? Or is it taking me further away. The decisions we make in response to stress and problems in our lives – when we have options – the option that is more likely to bring us closer to God – that is always the best option. That is where our soul will find peace, safety, and comfort that cannot be shaken.

Let’s start with a foundational truth from James 1:17. It says:

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” — James 1:17