Episode 451 - Waves of Child Loss and the Practical Arks that Carry Us Through with Matthew Efird
How do you find rest when grief comes in waves and the child loss you’ve experienced changes everything? And how can faith prepare us to endure child loss while still believing that God is good?
Matthew Efird knows the profound pain of child loss and the questions that come with walking through grief. In the midst of his own journey, he discovered that God’s character remains steady even when our circumstances do not. Through his book, "Even Though, We Will: Finding Rest in the Waves of Child Loss and the Practical Arks that Carry Us Through", Matthew shares how faith, preparation, and the presence of others can help carry us through seasons of unimaginable suffering—and how our stories can ultimately become a source of hope for others.
In this episode, Davey sits down with Matthew to talk about navigating the waves of grief after child loss, how we can come alongside others with presence and empathy rather than trying to find the perfect words, and how God can use adversity to deepen our faith and lay a foundation for future purpose.
If you’ve ever walked through child loss, wondered how to support someone who is grieving a child, or struggled to trust God when child loss happens, this episode is for you.
"We prayed that He would heal him on this side of eternity, but we accepted that if that prayer was answered in a way that he would be healed on the other side of eternity, that he is God and we are not."
-Matthew Efird
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Book: Even Though, We Will: Finding Rest in the Waves of Child Loss and the Practical Arks that Carry Us Through
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