299. Haven't I Already Paid Enough? When the Cost Feels Too Great

299. Haven't I Already Paid Enough? When the Cost Feels Too Great

July 14, 2026 · 26 min · Season 4 · Episode 299

About this episode

Teresa Davis explores the profound costs of grief for parents who have lost a child and offers hope through faith and shared experiences.

Haven't I already paid enough? If you're a grieving mom or dad, you know that question. You understand the cost of walking this earth without your child beside you — a cost most people around you will never truly understand. And in the exhaustion of your grief, that question can rise up quietly: how much is one heart supposed to hold? This week, Teresa sits with you right there. She takes you back to a Sunday morning in worship, to a line in a song she couldn't bring herself to sing, and to a book that came into her life early in her grief — when she was slipping into despair — one whose pages met her in the exact place you may be standing today. This episode references Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus by dc Talk and The Voice of the Martyrs (Bethany House Publishers). In this episode, you'll discover: 👉 The lyric that stopped Teresa cold in the middle of worship — and the fear it stirs in almost every grieving mom 👉 The story of a young man who stood in the bitter cold and would not stay silent about God — and what he understood about God's presence that I so desperately needed 👉 The belief that faith would spare us the deepest cost — and the question that…

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