Category: Suffering

Part 2 Does the Silence of God Equal the Absence of God?

by Melissa Shaffer | Nov 18, 2025

Before we step into the second half of this conversation, let’s remember where we left off:...

by Melissa Shaffer | Nov 17, 2025

. The deepest questions a mother has ever asked God can be found in scripture and it might...

by Melissa Shaffer | Oct 29, 2025

The hard lesson I’ve learned since Tristan went home to Heaven is that two opposing things...

by Melissa Shaffer | Oct 3, 2025

What is it like to lose a child? I’ll use the word God used, “rhomphaia”. There were two thoughts...

by Melissa Shaffer | May 2, 2024

I wore your socks today, slipping my feet into what used to hold yours. You had such...

by Melissa Shaffer | Feb 8, 2023

This is the third year of you leaving forever. I wonder if God told you in heaven what He...

by Melissa Shaffer | Mar 14, 2022

They told us that grief affects each person differently. Maybe I was too traumatized to lay this...

by Melissa Shaffer | Feb 28, 2022

Photo by Roy Lukes——————– Missing you makes me want to...