Death/Grief
How can we find hope after losing someone we love?
Grief touches every life. Through stories of faith, remembrance, and healing, explore ways to find comfort, meaning, and hope while honoring those we cherish.
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The Book of Mormon Saved My Life
VIDEO 7:27 / English
Even with the fierce challenges of cancer and losing two precious sons to death, they maintain that the Book of Mormon saved them. “I have come to know that The Book of Mormon has saved me spiritually and physically,” Gail says through tears. “I would have missed out on all these blessings if I hadn’t taken that opportunity to read The Book of Mormon,” Michael adds.
Loving Autumn Faith
VIDEO 10:56
April and Caz faced a life challenge few ever experience—the loss of their second daughter at birth. Although they were firm in their faith, they had to dig deep to find the courage to carry on. Through it all, April especially saw miracles that brought her great joy even in the midst of her sorrow. Knowing the eternal nature of life, she felt the presence of her tiny daughter’s brave spirit and found strength to move forward.
This I Know
VIDEO 6:46 / English
Over the decades, Gail has never slackened in her faith in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And even in her years without her dear husband, she still knows that God is real, Christ’s Church has been restored to the earth, and that she and her husband will be together in the eternities. Would you like to know as well? “Just pray about it,” she says. “He won’t lie to you!”
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Where Was My Dad's Soul?
VIDEO 7:40 / English
Although Marianne bounced from church to church, she had faith in God. But that faith turned into a faith crisis when her dad was diagnosed, then died from cancer. She wondered where his soul had gone since he wasn’t “saved” according to her Protestant beliefs.
What Forever Looks Like
VIDEO 7:30 / English
Losing a son to death invites questions and doubts that can haunt a person for a lifetime. But when one understands the eternal nature of the soul, and has a sure knowledge of an eternal family relationship, faith replaces doubt and peace surrounds the soul. This Faith Story can offer great comfort to anyone who has lost a loved one to death.
Life is a Puzzle
VIDEO 6:58 / German
Life is like a puzzle, its pieces scattered across our time on earth. We may feel confused and frustrated trying to fit them together, but God knows every piece and when to place it. Gabi learned this when her husband passed away.
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Our Eternal Nature
Ruby was brought up in a God fearing family, and taught to be afraid of Him. But when she learned that she has a loving Heavenly Father instead of a vengeful God, she was thrilled to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that taught such wonderful...
What is an Eternal Family?
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I Just Craved Those Things
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Happiness Through Tears
ENGLISH Losing a loved one to death is one of the greatest challenges of mortality. It causes one to look deeply into their faith, and rely on a longer view than just this life. For Lucy, that perspective did not erase the pain of losing her husband to death, but it...
Christlike Service Softens Hearts
It took three generations of patient, charitable service before Charlotte's family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Drop by drop, a cake here, a loaf of bread there, a load of clean laundry and many prayers of faith. But once it happened, the...
The Book of Mormon Saved My Life
From the first moment Gail held The Book of Mormon in her hands, she has known it was a true book of scripture, in harmony with the Holy Bible and a second witness of Jesus Christ. And when Michael began reading his Book of Mormon, he too knew almost instantly. Even...