The Gift of Grief: Comforting Others

Most of us want to help when someone is drowning in grief, but we accidentally say the very things that make them feel more alone. We slow down and get real about what comfort actually looks like when a friend is facing loss, betrayal, divorce, or the long ache that follows trauma. I anchor the conversation in 2 Corinthians 1:3–4, where God is called the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, and where we’re reminded that comfort is meant to move through us, not stop with us. We...