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New York Times best-selling author Margaret Brownley has penned more than twenty-five historical and contemporary novels. Her books have won numerous awards, including Reader’s Choice.Though successful, Margaret decided to leave behind the secular publishing world to follow God’s will for her: to write inspirational fiction. Since then she has published the Rocky Creek series and A Lady Like Sarah was a Romance Writers of America RITA finalist.Happily married to her real life hero, Margaret and her husband have three grown children and live in Southern California.

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GRIEVING GOD'S WAY

Thomas Nelson

Contents

Part 1: Healing the Grieving Body................................................1Healing Day 1: What Is This Thing Called Grief?..................................4Healing Day 2: Breathing Lessons.................................................6Healing Day 3: With Open Hands...................................................8Healing Day 4: Teddy Bears and Other Warm Fuzzies................................10Healing Day 5: Stand Up and Heal.................................................12Healing Day 6: Is Anyone Listening?..............................................14Healing Day 7: Walking Through Grief.............................................16Healing Day 8: Healing Through Play..............................................18Healing Day 9: The Healing Sun...................................................20Healing Day 10: The Sweet Gift of Memory.........................................22Healing Day 11: Grief Is Not an Illness..........................................24Healing Day 12: Stop and Go......................................................26Healing Day 13: Charge Now, Pay Later............................................28Healing Day 14: Tea and Sympathy.................................................30Healing Day 15: Surviving Through Humor..........................................32Healing Day 16: Healing Through Gratitude........................................34Healing Day 17: Sleep: A Necessary Holiday.......................................36Healing Day 18: Healing Through the Senses.......................................38Healing Day 19: How Birds Learn to Fly...........................................40Part 2: Healing the Grieving Soul................................................43Healing Day 20: Chipping Away....................................................46Healing Day 21: Avoiding the Pain................................................48Healing Day 22: Seismic Tremors..................................................50Healing Day 23: A Place Called Journal...........................................52Healing Day 24: Expressing Feelings Through Art..................................54Healing Day 25: Visions..........................................................56Healing Day 26: First Things First...............................................58Healing Day 27: Healing Through Creativity.......................................60Healing Day 28: Learning from Children...........................................62Healing Day 29: The Healing Power of Music.......................................64Healing Day 30: Finding Music in the Silence.....................................66Healing Day 31: The Color of Grief...............................................68Healing Day 32: Fresh Grief......................................................70Healing Day 33: The Reluctant Traveler...........................................72Healing Day 34: When I Say Your Name ............................................74Healing Day 35: Gifts from the Sea...............................................76Healing Day 36: Footprints in the Sand...........................................78Healing Day 37: The Gift of Storytelling.........................................80Healing Day 38: The Healing Power of Nature......................................82Healing Day 39: The Healing Garden...............................................84Healing Day 40: Can't Stop Crying................................................86Healing Day 41: Promise of a Rainbow.............................................88Healing Day 42: Autumn Leaves....................................................90Healing Day 43: Discovery Through Grief..........................................92Healing Day 44: Am I Losing My Mind?.............................................94Part 3: Healing the Grieving Heart...............................................97Healing Day 45: Getting the Words Right..........................................100Healing Day 46: Helping a Family Heal............................................102Healing Day 47: Healing the Family, Healing the Heart............................104Healing Day 48: Family Photos....................................................106Healing Day 49: The Family that Prays Together ..................................108Healing Day 50: The Private Side of Grief........................................110Healing Day 51: What Grief Weighs................................................112Healing Day 52: The Lasting Gift of Time.........................................114Healing Day 53: All in God's Time................................................116Healing Day 54: The Searching Heart..............................................118Healing Day 55: The Dark Side of the Moon........................................120Healing Day 56: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep ...........................................122Healing Day 57: The Gift of Grief-Related Depression.............................124Healing Day 58: Shape of Grief...................................................126Healing Day 59: Letter to a Friend...............................................128Healing Day 60: Filling the Void.................................................130Healing Day 61: Grieving from the Heart..........................................132Healing Day 62: If Only .........................................................134Healing Day 63: Friends Who Grieve Together .....................................136Healing Day 64: The Healing Marriage.............................................138Healing Day 65: A River Runs Through It..........................................140Part 4: Healing the Grieving Spirit..............................................143Healing Day 66: The Healing Power of Prayer......................................146Healing Day 67: Praying to a Silent God..........................................148Healing Day 68: Finding New Meaning in God's Word................................150Healing Day 69: Our Faith Is Tested..............................................152Healing Day 70: Finding Your Way Back to God.....................................154Healing Day 71: Why Did God Let This Happen?.....................................156Healing Day 72: Back to Basics...................................................158Healing Day 73: The Whos and Whats...............................................160Healing Day 74: Grief in Disguise................................................162Healing Day 75: Learning to Hope Again...........................................164Healing Day 76: God the Beacon...................................................166Healing Day 77: Giving Grief a Rest..............................................168Healing Day 78: Attitude Adjustment..............................................170Healing Day 79: Spiritual Growth Through Loss....................................172Healing Day 80: Sins of Omission.................................................174Healing Day 81: Where Is God?....................................................176Healing Day 82: The Gift of Anger................................................178Healing Day 83: Forgiveness......................................................180Healing Day 84: Blessings........................................................182Healing Day 85: Count Your Blessings.............................................184Healing Day 86: The Gift of Guilt................................................186Healing Day 87: Out...