Love is the gift of Christmas, the gift of a loving God who embraces us when grief and hurt seem to push Him away. Love is the gift of Christmas, the gift of a loving God who cries when we cry, smiles when we smile and breathes into us enough wind of life to try Continue Reading >>
Author Archives: Liz Danielsen
A New Life, Not a New Normal
So many people talk about finding the new normal in your life after you’ve had a loss. What is that really supposed to mean? For me, nothing has been normal since my husband died or from any of the other losses I have had to experience. How about you? The American English Collins dictionary tells Continue Reading >>
Whose Pain is Worse?
I was once asked, “Whose pain is worse? My loss of losing my young husband and being left with a young child or my friend who has lost her son? Everyone keeps comparing our pain.” I hope the following will be of help to you as it was for me many years ago. It goes Continue Reading >>
Thankful
1 Chronicles 16:34 “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his love endures forever.” During this week of Thanksgiving, we thank the Lord for His amazing power and work in our lives, for His goodness, His many blessings, and for His great love and care. We thank Him for food and remember those Continue Reading >>
Receive His Peace Today
I was facing cataract surgery. Normally, this would not be a problem because most people have vision in two eyes. I have vision only in my left eye which is the eye the surgeon would try to correct. Meanwhile, I realized that if the surgeon messed up, I would be blind for the rest of Continue Reading >>
Coping with Loss Through the Holidays
When you think of the holidays, what comes to mind? For some, it’s the hustle and bustle, lots of traffic, or maybe fond memories of years gone by. But, what if those memories only bring a flood of grief because of the absence of dear family members? If that resonates with you, please remember you Continue Reading >>
How To Deal with the Death of Your Pastor
When we lose a loved one, the journey to healing is not an easy one. As a member of a church or faith-based community, the members become your faith family and the pastor is the head of the household. A pastor shepherds his flock, checks on the ill and broken-hearted, and often guides us through Continue Reading >>
It Was One of Those Days
Yesterday was “one of those days.” I was struggling with loneliness from the loss of my dear husband. There are moments in our lives when we cannot find anything that satisfies. Family and friends try to help, and we are glad they do, but it is impossible for them to truly understand the depth of Continue Reading >>
Leaving the year 2020 Behind
The year 2020 was, for all of us, extremely challenging and painful. The pandemic disrupted education and put additional stress on families. I think in time God will reveal to us that there were some good and beneficial things happening that year for everyone, but I am not sure we are ready to see that Continue Reading >>
Being Thankful
Thanking the Lord for His many blessings in spite of what is happening around me. “Give thanks to the Lord for his love endures forever. “ 1 Chronicles 16:34 This Thanksgiving I am Thankful for God’s love. Thankful for God’s grace. Thankful because God is always good even though my circumstances are not good. Thankful that I can have Continue Reading >>
A Tribute to Arvid Danielsen
It is with a heavy heart that I share that my husband, Arvid, who supported me without hesitation in all that I was called by God to do, changed his address to heaven on May 28th. I would like to share with you this tribute that I wrote for him. A Tribute to my Husband Continue Reading >>
Do you remember?
The sun, the breeze, and the smell of freshly cut grass surrounds me as I sit in my gazebo. The trees are bursting forth with new growth. Since Arvid and I have been going through some personal trials these past months, someone asked me recently how I deal with all that is happening and not Continue Reading >>
Easter’s Light
In the midst of the Coronavirus and all the changes we’ve had to make in our lives, there have been many losses to work through each day. Loss of loved ones, loss of jobs, cancellations of high school proms and graduations, loss of gathering together at faith communities, loss of control, loss of physical contact, Continue Reading >>
Entering the year 2020
God has me at a standstill. In other words, I can do nothing except sit and be grateful that in this position I am not in excruciating back pain from bulging discs and bursitis in my right hip. I have been dealing with this challenge for over two months. I have prayed, read His Word, Continue Reading >>
God gives us a reason to celebrate this Christmas
Perhaps you are among the many people for whom this Christmas Season is not a season of joy but a trial and a challenge because of the losses you have had to face. For you, the Christmas cheer and the reason for celebration have long since been lost in the fog of confusion, disappointment and Continue Reading >>