Unhappy Holidays Part 3

Tear Soup

By Aaron Holman, November 28, 2021

How can we deal with loss and sorrow? The grieving process is surprisingly similar to making soup.

will make tear soup

Ruth 1:1, 3, 5

Ruth 1:19-21

This soup always starts out

Genesis 37:34-35

Cooking takes

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Romans 12:15

Find someone to

Use ingredients

Psalm 42:3-6

There is no

Lamentations 3:22-23

Cooking tear soup can be

Genesis 42:36, 38

There’s always

Ruth 4:13-17

Genesis 45:27-28

Isaiah 53:4

VERSES FOR FURTHER STUDY:

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Parent Cues:

  • Morning Time-Start your kid’s day off with encouragement by telling them how much you love being their parent.
  • Drive Time-While on the go, ask your kid: “What in your life makes you happy right now?”
  • Meal Time-At a meal this week, make a plan— as a family—to use what you have to help someone else. Donate items to an organization or prepare a meal for someone you know.
  • Bed Time-Pray for each other: “God, show us ways we can help others with the talents and things You have given us.”