Lessons in Losing

Ray Miller

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781666741230, 9781666741247
• eBook ISBN: 9781666741254

For several years I cared for my wife of over forty years, who was suffering with dementia. For much of that time and since her death I have grieved her loss. This book is about some of the lessons God has taught me and the insights He has given me during this season. I write from a personal perspective that is founded on Scripture and Christian experience. Although I have served in ministry for decades, I don't write from a professional ministry perspective. My motive is to encourage and share these lessons and insights with Christians who are either providing care for a loved one or who are grieving the loss of a loved one.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Introduction
• Prologue
• Chapter 1: What it’s All About
• Chapter 2: Why, God?
• Chapter 3: Do Not Forsake Me When I Am Old
• Chapter 4: What Is Ministry?
• Chapter 5: God’s Grace to Us
• Chapter 6: God’s Support Group
• Chapter 7: Lord, Teach Me to Pray
• Chapter 8: Getting Rid of Stuff
• Chapter 9: I’m Not Sure If God Can Use You
• Chapter 10: What Does it Mean to Be Human?
• 11: Jesus Wept
• Chapter 12: Thank You That She Is with You
• Epilogue
• After a Year Has Passed
• Introduction
• Chapter 13: Reflections on a Year of Grieving
• Chapter 14: To Re- or Not to Re-
• Chapter 15: It’s Still Pretty Much the Same
• Chapter 16: Deciding to Go Forward
• Chapter 17: Going Political—Kind Of
• Chapter 18: From Real to More Real
• Epilogue