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Thank you for sharing this conversation between Greg and Steven. Is it a true blessing and great encouragement to me as I sit in my son’s bone marrow transplant room. Lord, thank you for bringing this to my attention. Amen.
My husband and I watched the video on the link and want to thank you for putting it up. Both you and Steven have been companions on our grief journey. Our son went to Heaven the day after Maria. I remember reading about Maria in the morning news, and feeling so much sorrow for the Chapmans only to live the same kind of thing ourselves within 24 hours. The Chapman family’s authenticity has had a comforting impact on us, as has yours. Grieving with those who grieve is the only thing that removes the sense of isolation. So thank you both for sharing publicly.
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Thank you for the encouraging words. I have a pray request: Blake, my son and his wife, Patty are having their first baby, still in womb. Patty has cancer, Melanoma stage 3. She is currently having radiation and will deliver 12-14-09. Please pray for a miracle. GOD BLESS!
Dear Greg,
Funny you have just posted this on November 19 2009. I to lost a son 13 years ago and burried him on that day 13 years ago. Emmanuel Francis Digerolamo.He was my first and I have a testomony but it would be to long for me to type. It broke my heart and I cried for you the minute I found out about Christopher. Once you have lost a child, you will understand the pain that a parent goes through. I just wanted you to know that I was 33 when I had my son. Jesus died when he was 33 and David reigned as king for 33 years. I know Christopher was 33. Who knows I think theres somthing symbolic there. I wanted to encorage you to speek of Christopher always it help the healing. I still miss my son and have been blessed to have another one “Samuel”. Theres so much that God has done, I can write a book. Know that I have always kept you a Kathy in my prayers and just recently seen the “Lost Boy” movie. Thanks for being a willing vessle in the body of Christ.
May God Bless You
Vivian L. DiGerolamo
God has a way of sending us an answer when we so need to know that he is there. He fills us up at the moment that we are so empty
Thank You for sharing your experience ,hope im am so sorry for your loss. My brother died in 2006 and I know how deep the grief was for me. I still have that scare of that day . I KNOW god has healed my broken heart, but that memory of the day he died will be with me probaly forever. I dont think God wants me to forget but God comforts thru the grief.He sees our tears and saves them in a bottle. I looking forward to the day when we will all be together again in Heaven. Thier presence on earth will be missed . The years pass so fast for eternity is forever. I have to say Time heals and Gods love and Mercy is so strong when you go thru grief. For anyone going thru this May God comfort you and bring Peace to your soul. Steven Curtis boy my heart goes out to you and your family and the preacher lord bring Peace to both of these familys.
Thank you for sharing the conversation with Steven. Our daughter Caitlin went to heaven after a long battle with cancer a fews weeks prior to Maria’s homecoming. Sometimes we feel precisely as the two of you described. I think of Greg, Steven and their families and I don’t feel so alone in my grief. Thank you, Lord.
Thank you. Your CD’s and this video are helping in my time of grief.
After 18 years og marriage my husband is leaving for unknown reasons.
The deeper my son and I got into the Word,the more he got into the world.
I have to remember my time here belongs to the Lord. He has a plan for my life and I will trust in Him.
God bless you.
In His Hands,
Candice
PS I could use extra prayers.
Thank you for this message….my 8 yr old daughter passed away Aug 29, 2009 in a horrible accident and even though I am a believer and trust that she is in Heaven with God, I also wanted some type of proof that she was fine and God gave me that proof in so many ways and she also left so many little notes that gave us comfort as we began to SEE with eternal eyes…..
I’m also a Kentucky boy from down the road in Murray. On Easter Sunday morning March 30′ 1997, my 10 year old David and I were on our way to church while my wife stayed home with the other two boys, 10 months and three years to prepare the sunday meal. David said, Dad I want to go to the Big church today instead of his normal sunday school class. Less that three blocks from the house the accident happened and the Lord called him home. A guitar picker myself the grief and pain with the Lords help inspired this. This father lost his eldest son And I sat and wondered why That on the way to church Easter Sunday morning The Lord called him upon high I did not see that on comming car as we pulled across the lane Infact I don”t recall doing that I just don”t remember a thing But its your will that will be done and in all ways you are the holy one my Lord my God creater of all things I thank you for his moments and praise your name And I will love you still there”s no anger in this heart of mine and I pray every day for precious Jesus you are not to blame I thank you for his moments and praise your name praise your name This father lost his eldest son but I”ll find him with my Fathers Son. In all things HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT AMEN M.S.H
Dear Greg,
When Christopher died, my heart ached for you and your family and still does. You are a blessing to me as you continue in God’s work in spite of your pain. My son committed suicide at 39 after struggling with alcoholism for years. I so wish that I had the assurance that I would again someday, see him in heaven. I thank God that you don’t have to wonder.
Keep on keeping on, we need you!!!
God bless you, and comfort your hearts
I heard this was going to take place so I called a friend who also lost her son. We both work together and we both lost our young sons. What worries me is I don’t feel she knows the Lord and has that hope that I do as a believer. I pray for her. I don’t know if her son knew the Lord. She never talks of the things of God, her son was murdered, where my son died in an accident. So I know our struggles are different. But I believe if her son called out to the Lord knowing he was taking his last breath, God is so gracious that he probably ushered him right up to heaven. I hope she can gain the peace that we have knowing where our children are. Hebrews 11.1 now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. So are I hope this for all questioning parents. May the Lord bless you all in our pain and suffering.
My brother John died the end of July or the beginning of Aug.2006 at 45 years of age of a heroin overdose. He was dead a week before they found him so we never knew the exact day of his death. He struggled with this horrible addiction for over 20 years. He prayed, we prayed, he put himself in to rehab after rehab to try and over come it. Our hope is that we will see him again because he was a believer in the lord Jesus Christ and had accepted him as his savior. We as you and Greg dont understand the untimely death of our loved ones but I believe God will one day give us all the answers. The pain is so great for us left behind and only God and knowing his son can ease that pain. We must remember that the God gave his son for us and he to suffered grief and pain as he watched his son die on that cross. We can be certain that God is with us all and will be with us each and everyday till we are reunited with those we have lost here on this earth. It’s only a speck in time compared to eternity. Let your trust stay in the lord.
God Bless You,Greg Laurie.You are such a blessing.Your radio broadcast has real helped me thank you!!
God Bless You,Greg Laurie.You are such a blessing.Your radio broadcast has really helped me thank you!!
I attended your church when I was young. Now I live in Montana with my family. I have always referred to you as my Dad, Greg. To watch you with Steven this Thanksgiving day is surreal to say the least. I cooked to Steven’s new album today…hard one to listen to, and I’m beside myself to think you have endured similar grief. Everyday I listen to Steven’s songs, and I wish I could still hear a New Beginning, but I know our Father will bring us together again someday. As Amy sang, “In a little while we’ll be with the Father, can’t you feel His love.” As a mother of three, and a wife of 18 yrs, I feel it by God’s grace alone…I miss you…and look forward to the day we will all be reunited.
God bless you, Pastor Laurie and your family
I’m right there with you guys. On June 6th of this year, we lost our beautiful 21 year old daughter when a surgical procedure went horribly wrong.
Because she was developmentally disabled, she was still our baby, and we loved her so dearly.
We’re blessed with her assurance of salvation though, because she was incapable of understanding the gospel message.
But just think guys, someday all our suffering will be just a wisp that came and passed. Heaven will be so glorious.
I don’t know about you guys, but when I get there, I’m going to latch onto mine, and probably not let go for 100 years.
Until that reunion day, we can do as Jon Courson says he does, and limp on through life. We know it will never be the same, and the sadness to some extent will always be there. But we’re so blessed to have a promise and a hope that we can hold on to.
Anyway, thank you both for your ministries. You both have blessed countless lives.
Love in Jesus,
Jack
I have been blessed with a beautiful wife (18 years!) and five awesome children. I have been blessed with a wonderful, growing church (been there 10 years!). My observation is that those who have been blessed with so much are sometimes allowed to suffer greatly (such as loss of wife, children, etc.)I don’t know if I could handle it like you guys have. Blessed be the name of our Lord!
Our youngest son has leukaemia & everyday I am confronted with the possibility of loss …with are we doing the right thing by giving him chemo & making him suffer some more. I am so over with people saying “I dont know how you cope”- well there’s not much choice. It’s been great to have stumbled upon your & Cathe’s ministry. Thanks for the difference it makes, a reminder that God is always with us.
Greg,
Your faithfullness to the message of the cross, the blood and the resurection of our Lord is POWERFUL. You are a hero a warrior and inspiration thru the most difficult of times. I cry tears of JOY at the end of each Thursday night service.
I am inspired by you!!!
God Bless You
Jeff Samuelson
I wanted to share this verse with you, during a very difficult time in my life I would write, sometimes pages. I was driving and this thought came to me, I pulled my car over and wrote it on a napkin, the only thing I could find at the time to write on. “Dear One, your tears do not fall upon desolate lands, rather they are collected and counted, each one as they fall into my nail scarred hands. God Bless You, Love, Toni Ann
Dear Pastor Greg,
I want to thank you for being a great inpiration and role model for all of us. As you have faced the difficult times in your life, you have demonstrated your strong faith and love for Jesus. We can all learn from you. Thank you for being our Pastor.
Hi Pastor Greg & Steve Chapman,
Thanks for the blessing of talking candidly about your experience in the loss of a child. Its both comforting and encouraging, and gives direction for others who are suffering such great sorrows, for which I appreciate. I noted the commonality that you both find exceeding comfort in knowing the lost loved one is not really lost, but are in the presence of Jesus. This contrast sharply with those whose loved ones are now gone and who didn’t make it into the Lord’s presence. How does a parent, or other, find comfort in that reality? I ask you with sincerity since it seems that this would be the experience of many who sit under both your ministries.
First I want to express my deepest sympathy to both Greg and Steven. I have to agree with Steven that there really are no words to express our sympathy for another’s loss, the magnatude of each persons loss is so great and personal that a hug and to be able to sit and listen and cry with that person is really the most caring thing someone can offer. Thank you so much for posting this video. I have found this to be such a great inspiration. A dear friend just sent me a copy of Pastor Greg’s book “Hope for a Hurting Heart”. I have been walking down the road of grief for 2 years tomorrow. I lost my husband in a car accident 2 years ago tomorrow evening. It has been the most difficult 2 years I have ever had to endure, we have a daughter and son (they were 19 and 16 at the time) I have had work through my own grief and still remain strong for the kids. It is only by the grace of God that I have made it this far. Your encouraging words about seeing them in Heaven really means so much. My husband excepted Jesus as his savior and had a personal relationship with Jesus and I know that he is with Jesus now. I do find comfort in that. I am praying for peace for both families especially at this time of the year. Thank you again for sharing. God Bless. Denise