He Got Up… But My Person Didn’t: What Now?

What do you do when Easter is over…
 and your grief is still here?

In this real, tender, voice-led episode, Keren Elijah opens the conversation many believers carry but rarely say out loud:
 “Jesus got up… but the person I lost didn’t. So what now?”

This episode holds space for real grief after resurrection.
 For the woman who still misses someone.
 For the one who feels numb.
 For the one who’s wondering where God is in the silence.
 It’s not a sermon. It’s not a breakdown.
 It’s a truth-soaked invitation to breathe again, move again, and live with eternity in mind.

Inside, you’ll hear:

• What grief looks like in real life—not just in theory
• What the Bible actually says about those who died in Christ
• Why guilt doesn’t make you a bad Christian
• How redemption works when your world’s been shattered
• Why now is the time to live like heaven is real

You don’t have to figure everything out today.
 But you can take one step.
And this might be it.

Mentioned Scriptures:
1 Thessalonians 4:13–14
John 11:25–26
1 Corinthians 15:51–52

Let this be your pause, your wake-up, your covering.
 This is what resurrection sounds like in real life.

Transcript

Hey friend,
 take a breath with me.

This isn’t a sermon.
 It’s not a breakdown.
 It’s just a moment—
 a conversation,
 a pause
 for anyone who is still sitting in the quiet after Easter.

If the resurrection happened,
 but your heart is still heavy,
 this one is for you.

Easter came.
 Jesus rose.
 We clapped, we posted, we celebrated.
 But then Monday came—
 or Tuesday.

For some of us,
 nothing really changed.
 The music faded.
 The visitors left.
 And you’re still sitting in the middle of what you lost.

Even though you believe,
 even though you love God,
 you’re still asking:

“So what do I do when Jesus got up… but my person didn’t?”

Or maybe it wasn’t a person.
 Maybe it was a relationship.
 A version of you.
 A dream that died.
 A season that ended too soon.

It still hurts.
 And you’re not crazy for feeling that way.

We don’t talk enough about what grief looks like after resurrection.

It doesn’t always look like tears.
 Sometimes it looks like:

• avoiding texts,
• feeling angry for no reason,
• being super productive at work but crying in your car,
• forgetting things,
• or just feeling… nothing at all.

That’s grief too—
 even if you can’t name it,
 even if it doesn’t look like someone else’s process.

But before we go forward,
 I want you to breathe.

Feel your feet on the ground.
 Drop your shoulders.
 Allow yourself to be here—exactly as you are.

Let me clear something up:
 Still hurting doesn’t mean you don’t believe,
 or that you lack faith.

You can believe in Jesus.
 You can believe that He rose,
 and still feel the ache of what didn’t come back to you.

Even Jesus wept.
 Even He asked, “Why?”

You are not behind.
 You are not faithless.
 You are just human.

And if a part of you feels bad for even thinking this way—
 like, “Should I be feeling this much if I believe in Jesus?”
Let me say this:

Grief doesn’t cancel your faith.
 And questions don’t make you a bad Christian.

You’re not dishonoring God by being honest.
 He already knows how you feel.

If He knows the number of hairs on your head,
 what makes you think He doesn’t know what’s happening in your heart?

You are allowed to bring your real thoughts into His presence.

This—this is faith.
 This is intimacy.
 This is relationship.

So now what?

What if Jesus rose…
 and I’m still here—
 still aching,
 still figuring out how to breathe again?

What does redemption even mean for me?

Here’s what I’ve learned:

Redemption isn’t God pretending nothing happened.
It’s not, “You’ll get it back.”
It’s not always, “God will give you double.”

That’s not how it always works.

Redemption in real life means God is still helping you become someone again—
even after the shattering.
Even while it still hurts.

Not the same version of you.
 Not the one before the pain.
 But the one you’re learning to be now.

That’s redemption.

So what does that actually look like?

It could look like:

• getting out of bed,
• making a full meal once this week,
• texting someone, “Hey, I’m not okay, but I’m here,”
• sitting in the sun,
• letting a memory pass without fighting it,
• taking a shower and crying through it,
• saying, “Jesus, I don’t feel You right now… but I’m still trying.”

Redemption doesn’t erase your grief.
 It walks with you through it.
It says:
“You’re still here. And that matters.”

And hey—if it feels like too much right now?
 Get help.

That’s not weakness.
 That’s stewardship.

It might look like:

• grief counseling,
• a therapist,
• a support group,
• a mentor,
• or just saying to someone, “Can you sit with me today?”

You are not meant to go through this alone.
 You don’t have to figure it all out today.
 Just take one step.

And if you’re wondering:

“What does the Bible actually say about those who died in Christ?”

Here’s what it says:

📖 1 Thessalonians 4 says:
We don’t grieve like people with no hope,
because those who died in Christ will rise again.

📖 John 11 says:
Even if we die, we will live again—
because Jesus is the resurrection and the life.

📖 1 Corinthians 15 says:
There will be a day when the trumpet sounds,
and the dead in Christ will rise,
and we will be changed.

There will be resurrection.
There will be reunion.
This pain is real.
But it is not the end.

If you’re still here,
 still breathing,
 still listening—
 that’s not random.

You and I don’t just live for comfort.
 We live for eternity.

Because one day—
 we will stand before Jesus.

And I say this with love:
 Let this grief remind you to get close to God again.

Not out of fear.
 But because He’s the only One
 who can carry you all the way home.

To healing.
 To wholeness.
 To the Savior.
 To the ones we’ve lost in Him.

You want to see them again?
 You want to meet the One they’re with now?

Live like it.

Decide today.
 Even if your faith feels small.
 Even if you don’t have the words.

Just say:
 “Jesus, I want to come home too.”

You are still alive.
 So make it count.

I know this might feel heavy for some of us.
 So I want to say a prayer over you.

Lord Jesus,

For the one listening right now—
 who doesn’t feel strong,
 who doesn’t have the words,
 who’s still grieving what didn’t come back to her…

Give her enough grace for today.

Let her feel You in the quiet.
 In the routine.
 In the ache.
 In the soft places where no one else sees her.

Remind her:
 Even if she’s hurting today,
 she’s still held.
 She’s still covered.
 She’s still loved.
 She still has time to come home to You.

In Your name we pray,
 Amen.

If all you do today is make your bed—
 That counts.

If all you do is text someone and say, “I miss them”—
That counts too.

And maybe tomorrow…
 You write something.
 You take a walk.
 You book the therapy session.
 You cry in worship without trying to explain it.
 You whisper:
 “Jesus, I’m still trying.”

Not because everything is fixed.
 But because you’re still here.

That’s what resurrection looks like in real life.
 That’s redemption in motion.

So friend—
 I’m Keren Elijah.

This episode was for the woman who is still in the valley,
 but knows she doesn’t want to stay there forever.

You are not behind.
 You are not forgotten.
 You are not too late to become someone again.

And you are definitely loved.

Talk to you soon.