My guest blogger is my sister, Brenda Steinacher. In 2014, Brenda and her husband, Mark, lost their beautiful, vivacious, 31-year-old daughter, Sarah Jane, to kidney failure. Brenda’s passion and ministry is to bring hope and comfort in Christ to others who grieve.

Isaiah 43:2: New International Version:

When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
They will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.

When we walk through the fire of grief we are certain that we will burn to a crisp. Our very bones burn with pain for the loss of our loved one. But God assures us that the ‘flames will not set us ablaze’. He comes alongside us with internal strength and comfort. He assures us that He will never ‘leave us or forsake us’. Be assured that Jesus is your guide through the trials of grief and that His love will saturate you. Rest in His arms and call out to His name. He will bring you through the fire of grief.

Photo: Sarah Jane Steinacher, personal family photo from our collection