My God is Love

After deep loss, the words God is love can feel hard to hold.You may still believe it is true, yet wonder how love fits with the pain you are carrying. Grief has a way of pressing against everything we thought we knew about God, especially when the ache does not let up.In this episode, we talk honestly about what it means to believe God is love after the death of a child. Not as a cliché. Not as something to say quickly. But as a truth we wrestle with while living inside real heartbreak.In This Episode, We Explore:What Scripture really means when it says God is loveWhy grief can make God’s love feel hard to trustHow love and suffering coexist in the Christian faithWhy questioning God’s love is not a failure of faithHow Jesus reveals God’s love to us in the middle of painThis episode does not rush healing or offer easy answers. It gently invites grieving hearts to look again at who God is, even when emotions and circumstances make that feel difficult.Companion Blog PostThis episode pairs with our blog post, God Is Love: Bible Verses for When Grief Makes It Hard to Believe, which shares Scripture to help anchor grieving parents in the unchanging love of God. If listening feels heavy, the written verses offer a quiet place to return to truth at your own pace.About New Mercy MomsThis podcast is part of the ministry of New Mercy Moms, a Jesus-centered nonprofit serving mothers who have experienced the death of a child. We exist to offer biblically grounded hope, emotional honesty, and compassionate care to grieving hearts.A Gentle Next StepIf believing God is love feels hard right now, you are not alone.We’ve created Bible prayers for bereaved parents, written specifically for mothers walking through child loss. These prayers are rooted in Scripture and designed to help you come to God honestly when words feel hard to find.Your pain will push you somewhere. Your pain needs to push you to God.