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Lisa Appelo is a speaker, writer, and Bible teacher who inspires women to cultivate faith in life’s storms. She’s a Florida girl born and raised and followed her passion for writing into law, where she worked as a litigator for many years. As her family grew to include seven children, Lisa retired from law to raise and home educate her children.

Ten years ago, Lisa went to bed happily married to her high school sweetheart and woke up a widow and single mom. As she navigated grief and shepherded her children through their own grief, God reshaped all that seemed shattered. Lisa is passionate about rich Bible study and has taught a weekly ladies Bible class at her home church for many years. She launched a local ministry for widows in Jacksonv
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Longing for Heaven in Grief

Grief and loss ripple through every corner of life. One surprising after-effect of Dan’s death was an intense longing for heaven in grief. My beloved was there and I dearly wanted to be where he was.

At first, I qualified this new longing for heaven by telling others I harbored it “in a healthy way.” I was now a solo mom of seven children walking their own grief and, painful as it was to get out of

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“Beloved Christian reader, in matters of grace you need a daily supply. . . . Never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy. C. H. Spurgeon”
Lisa Appelo, Life Can Be Good Again: Putting Your World Back Together After It All Falls Apart




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