- Introduction
- Understanding Grief
- People Grieve Differently
- The Brain Fog of Grief
- The Vocabulary of Grief
- Grievers Don’t Need to be Fixed
- Misconceptions About Grief
- There Are No Orderly and Predictable Stages In Grief
- When Caring People Say Dumb Things When You’re Grieving
- What to Say to Others When You’re Grieving
- The Impact of Who you Lost and How you Lost Them
- Heavy Grief Days
- The Grief Letter
- Ways to Remember Them
- Permissions for Grievers
- Creating Bright Spots in the Midst of Grief
- Why Are Many Grievers Not Comfortable Crying In Front of Others?
- Why Grievers Don’t Need to Be Strong
- Do I Just Need Time to Heal From Grief?
- Why Do Grieving People Get the Message They Shouldn’t Be Sad?
- Is Staying Busy Good for Grief?
- The Isolation of Grief
- Can You Fill the Void Left by the Death of Loved One?
- How Long Does the Pain of Grief Last?
- How Do You Get Over Grief?
- I Don’t Want to Forget My Loved One Who Died
- Relationships Change After Loss
- Why Don’t Friends and Family Understand Your Grief?
- How to Tell Others What You Need in Your Grief
- Grief Can Cause You to Re-evaluate Relationships
- I Lost My Spouse and My Friends
- All the Phases in the Grief Journey
- I’m Grieving and Just Barely Surviving
- Why Do I Feel Like I Am Just Existing in My Grief?
- When Will I Be Ready for Grief Counseling?
- Can You Heal Your Grief?
- Living Again After Losing a Loved One
- How Grief Affects Mental Health
- Grief & Depression
- How Trauma Affects Your Grief
- Co-Dependency and Grief
- Should I take medication for my grief?
- The Uniqueness of Grieving A Suicide
- Suicide Shock: I Can’t Believe They Did It
- Feeling Blame and Shame After a Suicide
- The Abandonment of Suicide
- The Stigma of Suicide
- Interview with widow who lost two husbands by suicide
- Losing Your Husband to Suicide
- What To Do With Your Loved One’s Belongings After They Die
- No Cost Financial Coaching & Planning for Widows: Chris Bentley
- Hope When Shattered By Grief
- Answers to Your Questions About Grief
- Introduction
- Is Being Angry at God a Sin After My Loved One Died?
- Where Did My Peace, Joy and Gratitude Go after I lost my loved one?
- Can Grief and Hope Co-Exist?
- Why Does God Heal Some People But Not Others?
- Is Suicide an Unforgivable Sin?
- Why Do I Dislike Platitudes and Bible Verses?
- Why Did God Let My Loved One Die?
- Surviving The Holidays
- I Lost Myself When My Husband Died
- When Widowed Pain Feels Like Homesickness
- No Cost Financial Coaching & Planning For Widows: Chris Bentley
- The Best Grief Retreat for Widows
- I Lost My Husband By Suicide. Now What?
- An Interview With A Woman Who Lost Two Husbands By Suicide
- I Lost My Spouse and My Friends
- A Widow’s Guide to the Stages of Grief
- 7 year anniversary of the sudden death of my husband
- The Trauma and Grief of Widows Who Were Caregivers
- The Captive Widow: Navigating Obstacles to Widow Healing
- Understanding the Widow’s Brain
Questions Grieving Christians Ask
8 Episodes
All Series
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Foundations Of Grief
14 Episodes -
Misconceptions About Grief
12 Episodes -
Relationships After Loss
5 Episodes -
Widow Grief
12 Episodes -
The Grief Journey
6 Episodes -
Grief & Mental Health
5 Episodes -
Grieving A Suicide
6 Episodes -
Conversations On Grief
4 Episodes -
Questions Grieving Christians Ask
8 Episodes -
Coping With The Holidays and Other Tough Special Days
1 Episodes
Questions Grieving Christians Ask
8 Episodes
Episodes in This Series
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Introduction
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Is Being Angry at God a Sin After My Loved One Died?
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Where Did My Peace, Joy and Gratitude Go after I lost my loved one?
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Can Grief and Hope Co-Exist?
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Why Does God Heal Some People But Not Others?
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Is Suicide an Unforgivable Sin?
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Why Do I Dislike Platitudes and Bible Verses?
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Why Did God Let My Loved One Die?
Episode 2 : Is Being Angry at God a Sin After My Loved One Died?
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Episode NotesIs Being Angry at God a Sin?
Is it a sin to be angry with God? Let’s explore that topic together. First, it is valuable to remember where anger comes from. Anger is considered a “secondary” emotion because anger is a response to several “primary” emotions, such as disappointment, frustration, fear, and pain.
Almost every grieving person will experience disappointment, fear, and pain. It follows then that grieving people often struggle with anger. And, who do we lash out at when we are suffering? If you are a person who believes in God, believes that God hears your prayers, that God can heal, and that God loves you – it is understandable that you’d ask, “Why didn’t you answer my prayer and heal my loved one?” Or, “Why didn’t you protect my loved one from an accidental or criminal death?” And you may be thinking something like, “I trusted you, God, and you let me down big time! I’m disappointed and hurting because I was counting on you.”
It is also understandable that you may experience anger and, in turn, direct that anger toward God. If you are holding anger or resentment toward God, does that mean you are sinning? Not necessarily, because being angry isn’t a sin in and of itself. Jesus is recorded as being righteously angry at the money changers outside the Temple. And there are plenty of examples of God being angry in the Old Testament. If anger is a sin, that would mean Jesus and God the Father are sinners. And, of course, they aren’t.
So what are you going to do with your anger? The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Ephesian church, wrote, “In your anger do not sin”: (referring back to Psalm 4:4), and he goes on to say, “Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” So, anger itself is not the sin, but if you don’t try to regulate or diffuse your anger, you may stumble into sinful behavior and have regrets. In short, your anger itself isn’t a sin. But what you do with your anger may equate to a sin.
Tell God, in your own words, something like “Father in heaven. I’m so deeply sad and in pain because my loved one died. And I admit that I am disappointed and angry that you let this happen. I wanted you to answer my prayer for healing – WITH HEALING! But you chose not to. I confess my anger and disappointment are causing me to question my faith. Please have mercy on me. Please help me to understand my thoughts and feelings. I need you more than ever now.”
Stepping Stone: Please consider bringing your pain before your Heavenly Father. Confess your disappointment and all your feelings. You can write your prayer out in a journal or express your thoughts in the comment section below this video.
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