Episode 259-Learning to Remember While Thinking Forward After Loss with Jonathan Pitts
What happens when we start to share our story of pain and loss? How can retelling what we've walked through help us in healing?
For Jonathan Pitts, sharing the story of how he lost his wife, Wynter, has been a part of the process God has used to heal his greatest loss. In 2018, life was going well for Jonathan and his family. With an exciting upcoming move to the Nashville area and a new position as a pastor, Jonathan, Wynter and their four girls were excited about what was ahead. But within moments, their lives took a tragic turn that none of them could have imagined when Wynter died suddenly from a heart related issue. Just like that, Jonathan and his girls were on a new trajectory in their lives as they continued on with the move and began a completely new life without Wynter.
In this episode, Davey and Jonathan talk about how so much of our healing can come as we share parts of our story, the importance of having permission to feel what we feel, and ways we can combat shame in our grief.
Life has taken unexpected turns for the Pitts family as Jonathan has now remarried and pivoted in his professional life, but this conversation is a reminder that as much as life can change in an instant, God remains the same.
“Every time I get to share my story, I feel like God is doing something new and healing in me.”
Jonathan Pitts
Website: jonathanpitts.net
Instagram: www.instagram.com/pittsjr26/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jonathan.pitts.127
Book: My Wynter Season: Seeing God's Faithfulness in the Shadow of Grief
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