Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss (audio)

With vulnerability and honesty, Jerry Sittser walks through his own grief and loss to show that new life is possible—one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple blessings.. Loss came suddenly for Jerry Sittser. In an instant, a tragic car accident claimed three generations of his family: his mother, his wife, and his young daughter. While most of us will not experience such a catastrophic loss in our lifetime, all of us will taste it. And we can, if we choose, know the grace that transforms it. A Grace Disguised plumbs the depths of our sorrows, whether due to illness, divorce, or the loss of someone we love. The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Preface. 1.The End and the Beginning. 2.Whose Loss Is Worse?. 3.Darkness Closes In. 4.The Silent Scream of Pain. 5.Sailing on a Sea of Nothingness. 6.The Amputation of the Familiar Self. 7.A Sudden Halt to Business As Usual. 8.The Terror of Randomness. 9.Why Not Me?. 10.Forgive and Remember. 11.The Absence of God. 12.Life Has the Final Word. 13.A Community of Brokenness. 14.The Cloud of Witnesses. 15.Heritage in a Graveyard. Notes. By sharing personal experiences, the author shows how responding to loss can be a way to greater depth, compassion, joy, and appreciation of simple blessings.