And God Created Hope: Finding Your Way Through Grief from Lessons from Early Biblical Stories
Even the strongest among us can get stuck in the grief process, unable to heal and move forward. Now Rabbi Mel Glazer — a highly regarded and experienced grief-recovery counselor — gives comforting form to a crucial insight: That the messages of the Old Testament are a source of hope for even the most grieving among us. Drawing directly from the key books of the Old Testament, Glazer marshals, in a completely nondenominational way, their most profound, age-old themes to the very hard work of...
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Even the strongest among us can get stuck in the grief process, unable to heal and move forward. Now Rabbi Mel Glazer — a highly regarded and experienced grief-recovery counselor — gives comforting form to a crucial insight: That the messages of the Old Testament are a source of hope for even the most grieving among us. Drawing directly from the key books of the Old Testament, Glazer marshals, in a completely nondenominational way, their most profound, age-old themes to the very hard work of moving through and beyond grief — and into a life of hope and fulfillment. Among the themes and early Biblical stories Glazer uses as his jumping-off point to explore the process of grief recovery are: Bargaining (from Jonah), shock and anger (from Leviticus), fear (from Exodus), wandering (from Numbers), faith and strength (from Job), foregiveness (from Genesis), joy (from Proverbs), growth (from Psalms), legacy (from Deuteronomy), creating a new family (from Ruth), grief without death (from Song of Songs), and tragedy (from Lamentations).
Foreword Russell Friedman xiiiLay Them Gently DownIntroduction 3Bargaining and Prayer 15Death Is Part of Life 29Tragedy 51And God Created HopeShock and Anger 67Ritual 85Fear 105Wandering and Healing 123Faith and Strength 159Forgiveness 175From Mourning to MorningGrief without Death 195Joy 219Growth and Wisdom 227Legacy 235The Future: Creating New Relationships and Creating a New Family 251Epilogue 261Acknowledgments 268
