A Companion Workbook to Grief's Deception

By Debbie Jordan

Are you grieving the death of someone close to you or a significant loss but find yourself stuck in the process? Do you want to move forward but don't know how? Or do you wrestle with knowing how to comfort those facing loss? In this companion workbook to Grief's Deception: Overcoming the 12 Lies Whispered to a Broken Heart, Debbie Jordan addres

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pen and Pearls Publishing
• Release date: Dec 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9798988699231

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A Companion

Workbook

To

Grief’s Deception

Overcoming the Twelve Lies

Whispered to a Broken Heart

Debbie Jordan

Copyright © 2023 Debbie Jordan

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including photo copying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher or the author.

This book is a companion workbook to the memoir of the author and her family’s journey through the grief and death of her son. A few names have been changed to protect the privacy of friends and family who wished to remain anonymous.

Name: Debbie Jordan

Title: A Companion Workbook to Grief’s Deception: Overcoming the Twelve Lies Whispered to a Broken Heart

Identifiers: LCCN: 2023917303

ISBN: 979-8-9886992-24

ISBN: 979-8-9886992-31 ebook

Subjects: 1. Religion/General

2. Religion/Christianity/Personal Growth

3. Religion/Christianity/General

Published by Pen and Pearls Publishing

Raeford, NC

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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Dedication

Dedicated to the God of endless comfort, who brings His comfort so we can be a comfort to others. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4) And to Ryan—I’m the Person.

Contents

Chapter 1  When Answers Aren’t Enough

Chapter 2  I’m a Prisoner of My Regrets

Chapter 3  It is My Fault

Chapter 4  I Will Never Survive This

Chapter 5  I Am Alone. No One Understands

Chapter 6  God Has Abandoned Me

Chapter 7  I Should Be Over It

Chapter 8  I Need a Change

Chapter 9  I Will Never Forgive

Chapter 10  I Must Be Strong

Chapter 11  Children Are More Resilient in Grief

Chapter 12  I Have No Hope

Chapter 13  No Good Can Possibly Come from This

Chapter 14  Your Brain on Grief

Chapter 15  How to Lament God’s Way

Chapter 16  Life is Hard

Acknowledgements

My deepest gratitude to Dara Lehrer and her Pen and Pearls Publishing team. Robin Black brought what I saw for the cover design for Grief’s Deception books into beautifully vivid reality. I smile every time I look at the covers. I’m extremely grateful to my husband of 50 years, Dennis, for his support and proof-reading.

Introduction

This workbook is to be used for personal or small-group study. Using a similar format as Grief’s Deception: Overcoming the Twelve Lies Whispered to a Broken Heart, each chapter:

•  Begins with a Scripture

•  Addresses a specific lie Grief tells you

•  Offers reflective questions with space to answer

•  Gives a short devotional reading to expose God’s Truth

•  Provides practical steps on how to walk it out

•  Closes with a simple prayer

•  Ends with a reinforcing declaration of Truth

Chapter 1

When Answers Aren’t Enough

"Lord, if only [you’d intervened, this wouldn’t have happened.]

John 11:21, 32

(Personalized paraphrase)

Do you find yourself searching for answers to explain your pain? Are you looking for a reason or a purpose for why you’ve had to endure such loss? When the answers we’d like to find are non-existent, we still ask, Why, God? Why?

What questions do you wrestle with around the loss you now struggle to navigate? Please do your best to articulate them in the space below.

Have you asked God these questions?

Why or why not?

On November 10th, 2015, Davey Blackburn walked into