36: Treva Kuyper | Hope and Healing After Unexpected Loss

Treva shares with me her story of losing her husband, Jeff, in a tragic car accident. She walks through her grief during the first few months following his death and how God has walked with her and her children every step of the way. She encourages widows and shares of Christ's redemptive work through her suffering.

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4:58 Treva begins sharing her faith story with us and what life has looked like for her the last 5-10 years

She and her husband, Jeff, were married for 22 years. 

8:16-17:04 Faith and grief collide in Treva's story.  She takes us back to 2017 and walks us through the tragic car accident where her husband lost his life.

"That was something I feared, losing my husband. He was such a good dad, such a great husband, a godly man, very strong in his faith. I used to call him, my Boaz. I didn't think from the abandonment I had already suffered as a daughter that the Lord would ever allow me to be a widow (before 80)."

Treva and her husband, Jeff, did ministry to teens together for 17 years.

"Your dad makes sure you have fun and I make sure you're alive."

17:06 Treva shares about what the months were like following the loss of her husband, Jeff.

"It was the most beautiful act of love that the Lord had for us every day that week. It is where joy and sorrow collide. Where we saw the hand of God so mightily, but in the worst circumstance.  I used to always says, 'We have the best scenario in the worst circumstance,' just how God carried us.  If I had ever doubted God's love for me or for my kids, it was in those first few months afterwards that God solidified for me who He is and how He loves our children....He doesn't have to have all the pieces that we think He has to have to finish the good work that He started in them."

18:53 Treva shares how her relationship with God changed as a result of losing her spouse, her best friend.

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