16 results for tag: Calli

Christmas Day – Reign

“For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 Our sovereign God preordained the birth of a Savior to a virgin; He has preordained your first breath; and He has preordained the precious—yet short—life of your child. Today, you will mourn the missing piece of your heart. You, loved one, desire to hear those tiny feet pad to your room bright and early, long to listen to the miniature voice praise “Glory! Glory!”, so deeply want to watch small fingers pull on the festive ribbon, ...

Christmas Eve – Rain

“… the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!’ But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus.’” Luke 1:27-31 Mary was chosen by God to be the mother of Jesus, our Savior. She was called to carry, birth, and mother the Messiah. What a weighty responsibility that is to uphold. Her graceful response to His calling on her life is one ...

An Unearned Inheritance

An inheritance is the acquisition of a possession, condition, or trait from past generations. By tradition, the recipient is not the one who worked for or earned what they have acquired from the contributor. It is simply a gift one receives because of their lineage. I have inherited my mother's eyes, my father's sense of humor, and a little plot of land tucked into the fields of East Texas. I also have inherited heaven. There has been no work on my part to obtain any of my inheritance. "The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;     indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance." Psalm 16:6 The mention of lines and pleasant places in this verse ...

Discussions in Grief: Praise

Grieving involves new emotions and considerations often too many to numbers. When you find yourself in overwhelming grief, you likely feel buried and lost. In this series, we slowly and compassionately look at one aspect of grief at a time from a biblical perspective for the newly grieving mother. Click {here} to read past posts in this series.  Imagine yourself in a pit. You are struggling to see and breathe, you are terribly lonely, and it looks as if there is no way out. This is a picture of what grief feels like to most. I often picture myself covered in the dirt and muck of my pit. How will I ever be able to look up again? Will my arms ...

Grieving with Children: Remembering Together

For those who have experienced the loss of a child following the birth of other children, it can be so hard to navigate your own grief while also shepherding the thoughts, feelings, and reactions of your other children.  This week on the blog, Hope Mom, Calli Williams, is sharing her experience on helping her children grieve with hope. Walking alongside my children as they have been given the roles of grieving siblings has been one of the hardest parts of my own personal grief journey. But it has also been the most rewarding. They have taught me and my husband so much more than I think we have taught them. Our family finds so much ...

Grieving with Children: Looking to Jesus

For those who have experienced the loss of a child following the birth of other children, it can be so hard to navigate your own grief while also shepherding the thoughts, feelings, and reactions of your other children. Calli Williams is sharing her experience on helping her children grieve with hope. As Hope Mommies, God gives us the beautiful ability to lean into Him while He turns our ashes into beauty. Our response to the trials we face in losing a child is a walking testimony to turn others towards Him—especially those closest to us. While journeying through the loss of our daughter, my husband and I saw the truth of the Spirit ...

Grieving with Children: Understanding Their Emotions

For those who have experienced the loss of a child following the birth of other children, it can be so hard to navigate your own grief while also shepherding the thoughts, feelings, and reactions of your other children. Calli Williams is sharing her experience on helping her children grieve with hope. The day my husband and I received the devastating news that our daughter had passed at 20 weeks gestation, and after being carried out of the doctor’s office and into my car, something hit me. We had to go home, and we had to tell our children. Our children had already filled their little lives with the excitement and expectancy to welcome ...

How Beautiful The Feet That Bring Good News

"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."-Isaiah 52:7   Those beautiful feet and that perfect Good News. I have felt the tug of the Holy Spirit calling me to the unreached people of Malawi, Africa to go make God's name famous. I have been called to show and teach His love in my home with the ones He has entrusted me with. And I have answered the call to share the Good News everywhere in between. My feet have been stained in the red dirt of the beautiful African paths that connect the ...

Overcomer

Everyone will wake up to a day filled with bad news at some point in their life. A call late at night, an unwelcome diagnosis, a visit from a police officer, a letter sent out to the employees of your company. Perhaps, for you it was an early break in water, pre-term labor, a heartbeat not detected, fearful tears during a sonogram, or bleeding during early pregnancy. Should I go on? Unfortunately, we are all part of a club that is heartbreakingly large because we all have had this type of bad news one way or another. Before this bad news hit my heart, I was a blissfully ignorant Christ follower. I am a faithful and busy servant to my Father, my ...

Unspeakable Joy on Mother’s Day

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 Joy—unspeakable joy—is one of the many emotions I experience each year as Mother’s Day makes its appearance. Joy that is intermingled with pain, happiness, grief, hope, anger, and thankfulness. Mother’s Day is a sweet reminder of the blessings the Lord has bestowed upon me and my family, but it is also a day that is shadowed by loss. I have five beautiful children that are earth-side with me, and I have one beautiful little girl on the other side of glory. This will be my fourth ...