--- title: Wendy Gerdes | Grief description: Grief | Description --- [Skip to content](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/grief#main-content) [![Asset 1](https://wendygerdes.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Asset%201.png?width=514&height=71&name=Asset%201.png "Asset 1")](https://wendygerdes.com) - [About](https://wendygerdes.com/about) - [Blog](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes) - [Subscribe](https://wendygerdes.com/subscribe) ## All Blogs Filter blogs by topic by clicking the buttons below - [All](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/all) - [Life With God](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/life-with-god) - [Spiritual Formation](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/spiritual-formation) - [Perspective](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/perspective) - [Freedom](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/freedom) - [Motherhood](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/motherhood) - [Forgiveness](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/forgiveness) - [Fear](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/fear) - [Parenting](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/parenting) - [Identity](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/identity) - [Overcoming Sin](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/overcoming-sin) - [Devotionals](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/devotionals) - [Grief](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/grief) - [Prayer](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/prayer) - [Relationships](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/relationships) - [Love](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/love) - [Advent](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/advent) - [Anxiety](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/anxiety) - [Allegories](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/allegories) - [Lent](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/lent) - [Hearing God's Voice](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/hearing-gods-voice) - [Disillusionment](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/disillusionment) - [Learning to Hear the Voice of God](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/learning-to-hear-the-voice-of-god) - [Poetry](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/poetry) - [Prayers](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/prayers) - [Spiritual Formation Illustrated Writings](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/spiritual-formation-illustrated-writings) [![](https://wendygerdes.com/hubfs/nathan-dumlao-k-oS0iKn0Qg-unsplash%20(1).jpg)](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/a-prayer-for-the-weary) [Grief](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/grief) [Prayer](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/prayer) [Anxiety](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/anxiety) September 17, 2025 ### [A Prayer for the Weary](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/a-prayer-for-the-weary) Father, Here we are. 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