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You Need Someone: Marvin Sapp Reflects On Loss Of Wife
Nearly 4 Years Later
Nearly 4 Years Later
These days, you see 47-year-old Michigan-based pastor and award-winning gospel recording artist Marvin
Sapp smiling and joyful. But getting to a place of wholeness after losing his wife MaLinda Sapp on September 9,
2010 from colon cancer complications, was a process.
Recently, the singer of the record-breaking hit “Never Would Have Made It” revealed, “My children and I went
into grief counseling with a professional.”
In video commentary recorded in support of the new film Heaven Is For Real, in theaters Wednesday, April 16,
Sapp said, “There are some things that we need to pray through, but then there are some things that we need
to talk through.”
In his case, being able to confide in a person who specialized in helping others work through loss, was a God-
sent privilege.
According to psychologists, it takes anywhere from five to eight years of subsequent recovery following the
death of a spouse, although this can vary depending on the person.
In an Associated Press interview, seven months after the mother of their three children succumbed, Sapp was
quoted saying, "She was a wife that I planned on having for life. It's still a process. It'll probably be a life-long
process. No matter what happens in my future. Some things you just don't get over."
Looking in retrospect through the lens of experience, Sapp now sees that, without help, it is nearly impossible
to mend and move forward in a healthy way.
“Grief is a process and I think that many people don’t understand that,” he continued. “That’s why they grieve
longer than they should. It’s because they don’t understand that you need somebody outside of your normal
day to day walk to help you to process, if you will, the different feelings and emotions that you’re dealing with.”
Sapp smiling and joyful. But getting to a place of wholeness after losing his wife MaLinda Sapp on September 9,
2010 from colon cancer complications, was a process.
Recently, the singer of the record-breaking hit “Never Would Have Made It” revealed, “My children and I went
into grief counseling with a professional.”
In video commentary recorded in support of the new film Heaven Is For Real, in theaters Wednesday, April 16,
Sapp said, “There are some things that we need to pray through, but then there are some things that we need
to talk through.”
In his case, being able to confide in a person who specialized in helping others work through loss, was a God-
sent privilege.
According to psychologists, it takes anywhere from five to eight years of subsequent recovery following the
death of a spouse, although this can vary depending on the person.
In an Associated Press interview, seven months after the mother of their three children succumbed, Sapp was
quoted saying, "She was a wife that I planned on having for life. It's still a process. It'll probably be a life-long
process. No matter what happens in my future. Some things you just don't get over."
Looking in retrospect through the lens of experience, Sapp now sees that, without help, it is nearly impossible
to mend and move forward in a healthy way.
“Grief is a process and I think that many people don’t understand that,” he continued. “That’s why they grieve
longer than they should. It’s because they don’t understand that you need somebody outside of your normal
day to day walk to help you to process, if you will, the different feelings and emotions that you’re dealing with.”
APRIL 15, 2014
Article By Tamika James:: EEW Magazine News