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Comment by Dolly on June 27, 2015 at 5:09pm

Grief is not self pity... it's not whining.. it's not feeling sorry for yourself... and it doesn't fit a set of steps nice and neatly... and it has no set time table... so many preachers and authors and such are just totally twisting everything and are forgetting that blessed are they that mourn for they shall be COMFORTED... not bashed over the head with stupid insensitive blather like Osteen is spouting...

Comment by Jesse's Mom on June 27, 2015 at 2:23pm

My daughter had to quit a church group on grief support because of a book they brought in called Heavenly Grief. It had a chapter in it called, THE SIN of Self-Pity....

I told my daughter not to attend that group anymore as long as that was the material. What is extremely odd is that the authors say they lost 3 of their children each at a very young age. I really don't understand where they are coming from, nor do I want to.

Comment by Dolly on June 27, 2015 at 2:13pm

my husband sent me this site about contact from our loved ones and I have been commenting on it too:

http://www.crosswalk.com/church/pastors-or-leadership/ask-roger/can...

Comment by Dolly on June 27, 2015 at 2:11pm

http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/why-megachurch-pastor-joel-os...

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the link I was sent... its a tricky site though... sticks when you try to scroll through it.. at least on my puter..

Comment by Dolly on June 27, 2015 at 2:07pm

I mean the article was sent to me, not the book.. apparently he said a person only needed a couple of months of grief and then should 'move on'... some new convoluted doctrine I guess... when they told me I was full of self pity, told me and others to stop whining and complaining and then booted me out because I kept insisting that this was WRONG.. it threw me down a hole again.. but I would say it again in a heartbeat.. supposedly there is some sort of petition letter being signed somewhere against this false doctrine..

Comment by Dolly on June 27, 2015 at 2:04pm

YES Ammy... it was sent to me after that online pastor did the same thing to me.. they actually kicked me out of the online church for saying they shouldn't tell grieving parents and other sufferers to stop whining... they just shut me down... another person from the church site then sent me the link to this article

Comment by Ammy on June 27, 2015 at 12:01pm

Have any of you seen all the letters going out to Joel Osteen for not being sympathetic to grieving parents in his book YOUR BEST LIFE NOW?

Has anyone read that book?

Comment by Ammy on June 27, 2015 at 11:54am

Sharon, what a beautiful statement.  I can relate to it all.  Thank you for sharing.

I read a blog today and somehow saw this quote and wanted to share  with you.  Never saw it expressed this way, but it's so true.

As any bereaved parent knows mourning a child is like mothering a child...a life-long journey. - Lori Spray-Esteve (bereaved parent of 29 years)

Comment by Vasanthi S on June 26, 2015 at 7:39pm

Sharon, 

that is beautiful ..hugsss

Comment by Teresa D. on June 26, 2015 at 6:26am

Sharon R thank you for sharing something so personal.

Lynn W. you can only do what you can do...HUGS!!!

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