Articles by Gary Roe
How Could This Happen?
This can’t be real. It just can’t. I can’t believe it. It doesn’t make any sense. This is all wrong somehow. How could this happen? When we first hear the news of the death of someone we love, our hearts are stunned. Our minds freeze. Even our bodies can go into...
“I Don’t Know How to Do This!”
"I don't know how to do this." I have certainly felt that way. Have you? Loss catapults us into a new world. We've never been here before. We don't know what to do or how to be. The following is an excerpt from my book, Comfort for Grieving Hearts. I hope you find...
Everyone Wants Me to Feel Better
"Everyone wants me to feel better." I've felt that a lot. I'll bet you have too. It seems that loss and pain are unpopular in our world (even though everyone experiences them). We run from pain. We get a variety of reactions. Some avoid us. Some try to fix us. Some...
Who Else am I Going to Lose?
I can’t believe this happened. If this can happen, then anything can happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime. I find myself wondering, “Who’s next?” Who else am I going to lose? One loss usually leads to fear of another. For some, this terror is obvious in our words and...
Why can’t people respect my grief?
"Why can't people respect my grief?" Have you ever thought or said this? I have. Many times, in fact. Some people might have some sympathy for us. Some might even be empathetic. But surely, everyone should be able to respect our grief, right? Sadly, everyone does not....
When We Feel Empty
"I feel empty." I've heard this from many grieving hearts. I've said it many times myself. Loss hits the heart. Emotion spills out all over everything. Our world is shaken and altered. The sheer force of all the change drains us. Feeling empty is common for those...
When grieving hearts grow dry…
After a loss, our hearts can grow dry. Life can feel like a wilderness with no end. The following is an excerpt from my book, Soul Cry: Devotional Prayers for Wounded, Grieving, and Suffering Hearts. If you're feeling empty and dry today, may God use this short...
I Don’t Understand This
When loss strikes, everything seems to change. Quite naturally, we many times say something like, "I don't understand this." The following is an excerpt from Comfort for Grieving Hearts. I hope this chapter will encourage your heart today. FROM THE GRIEVING HEART:...
When we feel misunderstood, rejected, and abandoned…
The death of a loved one - someone indescribably special - changes everything. It changes us. Because loss changes us, our relationships naturally change as well. And not all these changes are positive. Some people we counted on disappear. It's like they evaporate...
When We Sink Into Depression…
Depression. We've heard about it. We experience it. All of us would like for it to go away. The depression that grieving hearts experience is often loss-related. In other words, we feel depressed because of all the change, upheaval, and emotional pain we're...
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