What happens when life fractures the future you thought you were building?

In this deeply personal episode of Grace in the Grind, Cody shares the story of losing Christie’s mom, Martha, just weeks before their wedding — and the grief that shaped the beginning of their marriage.

This cup is about loss. Not just the loss of a person, but the loss of expectations, futures, and assumptions we did not even realize we were carrying.

Drawing from John 11, Psalm 88, Psalm 34, Psalm 56, and Psalm 127, Cody reflects on the moment Jesus wept at Lazarus’ tomb — even though He knew resurrection was coming. That order matters. Jesus did not bypass grief because He understood the outcome. He entered it.

This episode is for anyone grievin ...