Katherine Walden

Posted on December 24, 2023December 23, 2023 by Kath Walden

He heals the broken-hearted. Psalm 147:3

Everlasting Father, I ask You to go to those whose hearts ache on Your Son’s birthday. They are hurting and lonely. Father, let them know it’s okay to give You the pain, loneliness, and frustration that rests in their hearts. Enable them through Your grace to know You are listening — and that You care. Come to those who grief as the Father of all comfort.

Immanuel, I pray for those who are single and without family nearby. Those who spend much of the holidays alone. Be with them in the lonely hours and help them not feel unseen during this season that places so much emphasis on ‘family.’ Remind them of Your open-ended invitation of adoption into Your eternal family. Give them the grace to allow You to enter their heart’s lonely places. I pray for those who are housebound and infirm and are unable to leave their homes or hospital rooms due to illness. I pray for those with loved ones separated by work and sacrificial duty. Come to them as their beloved friend.

Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace, I pray for families who are struggling financially and relationally. I pray for those whose marriages are crumbling. I pray for children who are frightened and neglected. Be with the small ones who sense the worry and frustration that their parents try to hide. Bring Your hope, bring Your peace.

Come as the great Physician; come as deliverer and set free those who are isolated and bound by the chains of addiction and self-destructive behaviour.

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, please swoop into each home, hospital room, homeless shelter, hotel, jail cell, and every place of business that must be open on the holidays – let Your children know they are not alone.
Holy Spirit, please come as the Comforter and let Your gentle healing warmth soothe and bring solace to their aching hearts. I pray this in the name of Jesus — who knows our sorrows and understands our hearts.

Stasi Eldredge

Posted on March 21, 2023March 10, 2023 by Kath Walden

There is nothing wrong with falling at the feet of Jesus in silence. God can hear your tears, he knows your heart, he knows you. You don’t always have to speak.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Posted on February 28, 2023February 4, 2023 by Kath Walden

You don’t have to be alone in your hurt! Comfort is yours. Joy is an option. And it’s all been made possible by your Saviour. He went without comfort so you might have it. He postponed joy so you might share in it. He willingly chose isolation so you might never be alone in your hurt and sorrow.

Shirley Thiessen

Posted on January 31, 2023November 12, 2022 by Kath Walden

Experiencing grief – for me- is like having my life splayed out in a million shattered pieces. Nothing is like it was. For a long while, I believed that any beauty in my fragmented life was impossible. I was wrong. With God, beauty comes from ashes. Yes, my life is a very different design of intricate, coloured pieces. Never could I have imagined how different the view of my life would be. But, with God helping me, I choose not to let grief destroy my potential for beauty & purpose.

Rick Warren

Posted on November 8, 2022August 18, 2022 by Kath Walden

The deepest level of worship is praising God despite pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.

Samuel Rutherford

Posted on May 7, 2022March 9, 2022 by Kath Walden

Christ and His cross are not separable in this life; howbeit Christ and His cross part at heaven’s door, for there is no house-room for crosses in heaven. One tear, one sigh, one sad heart, one fear, one loss, one thought of trouble cannot find lodging there.

Rich Villodas

Posted on January 15, 2022November 16, 2021 by Kath Walden

Lamenting is the spiritually mature response to sadness and sorrow. Our spiritual aliveness is not found in our ability to suppress our sadness. Our spiritual aliveness is found in our ability to bring it to God.

Jean Hess

Posted on December 10, 2020November 29, 2020 by Kath Walden

Is this Christmas season going to be a painful one for you? Share your pain and struggle with Him. Invite Him and His comfort into your grief.

Shawn Bolz

Posted on February 6, 2020January 17, 2020 by Kath Walden

February 6, 2020

God will take impossible pain away from you. He will absorb the sting of death because He has already paid the price on the cross. He will cause His love to go into places that feel like they can’t ever be healed. You won’t have to live with the condition that grief is your identity.

Shawn Bolz
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Chris Jackson

Posted on January 25, 2019January 2, 2019 by Kath Walden

Grieving people are extremely vulnerable. Isaiah 42:3 contains the tender promise that the Lord will not break a bruised reed. Let’s make sure we don’t break them either. The Lord wants the hurting to be restored so let’s ask Him for huge doses of His heart and His compassion. Let’s do our best to refrain from speaking until we have discernment from the Lord. For our words to do any good for a discouraged soul, they must be words in season. They must be living words.