Grieving in the Dark: You Are Not Alone

By Cynthia Ousley-Garey

Grieving is not a bad thing; it’s normal to grieve. No person experiences grief in the same way as the next person. We all grieve differently, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Whether it’s grieving over the loss of a loved one, mistreatment, rejection, or betrayal, we must learn to cope and deal with grief in the correct way so we can heal.

In Grieving in the Dark, author and evangelist Cynthia Ousley-Garey offers a spiritual look at grieving, showing the answer is to apply God’s word—the Bible—in your life. She writes that knowing who you are in Christ will help ease the pain while you’re grieving and will lighten the stress, depression, and frustration that comes with grieving.

Ousley-Garey provides advice for weathering the journey. Don’t grow bitter during your grieving time. Stay positive, hopeful, and true to yourself. God sees you as victorious. God sees you as an overcomer. God sees you more clearly than you see yourself. You’re not alone. He’ll strengthen you and empower you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Apr 2, 2020
• ISBN: 9781532098178

Cynthia Ousley-Garey

Cynthia Ousley-Garey, an evangelist, has accepted Christ as her Lord and savior. She’s the CEO and founder of God’s Divine Purpose for Your Life Ministry. She will be graduating with an associate degree in Biblical studies and received her life coaching certificate. This is Ousley-Garey’s fourth book. Visit her online at www.cynthiaousleygarey.com.

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iUniverse rev. date: 04/01/2020

To the one I consider faithful. Thank You, Lord for remaining with

me when everyone else seemed far away. My life is in Your hands.

Psalm 69:26 NKJV says, "For they persecute the ones You have

struck, And talk of the grief of those you have wounded".

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 God’s Power is Powerful During Times Your Grieving.

Chapter 2 Helping Others While They Grieve.

Chapter 3 When Grief last for a Long Period of Time.

Chapter 4 A Crushed Spirit

Chapter 5 Why Me?

Chapter 6 You Are Not Alone

Chapter 7 Starting over after grieving.

Chapter 8 This Little Girl Found Herself Through Tough Situations.

Chapter 9 Embracing God’s Grace and Mercy.

Blog

Grieving In The Dark, You Are Not Along.

PREFACE

First, I want to say grieving is not a bad thing, and that it’s normal to grieve. We are human beings with feelings and emotions we deal with daily. So, when unexpected things happen in our life we hurt, and we cry. Grieving is only reacting to something we’ve lost or didn’t expect to occur. No person experiences grievance the same as the next person. We all grieve differently, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Rather, it’s grieving over the loss of a loved one, mistreatment, rejection or betrayal. Whatever the situation is, we all must learn to cope and deal with grief the correct way, so we can heal.

When grievance is caused by someone else’s actions and wrong decisions, it’s not a wonderful place to be nor the best place to stay. In the same manner, grievance is caused by wrong decisions we make and not by the next person, such as your spouse, a significant other, friend, loved one, or family member. When someone has been afflicted, treated unfairly, and wrongfully abused by others it’s offensive, and painful. When this occurs, it causes people to grieve. The biggest problem with grievance, is that, it can happen at any giving time or any place. It can be early in the morning, late in the evening or in the midnight hour. Literrally, it can come upon you when you least expect it. This is caused by repetitive thinking of what had happened to you. In the meantime, you no longer see yourself as you should. That beautiful person God designed you to be. Instead, you see yourself as a human being who’s been abused, mistreated, rejected, and betrayed. I know many of you don’t like to talk about grievance because of what it has done to you. It may have caused you to do some things that you should not have done or didn’t want to do. This is not because you’re not a good person, or don’t know who are and who you are in Christ, but that situation, that circumstance made you step outside of who you really are as a person. Listen, nobody can judge