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El Roi: The God Who Sees
Over the next several weeks we are going to look at how God acts as El Roi, The God Who Sees, through four different biblical mommas who experienced grief and sorrow. We will look at the lives of Hagar, Hannah, Naomi and Mary and see for ourselves how God was faithful to meet them in their pain and sorrow. As we study the testimonies of these four Biblical women, our prayer is that you would know in the depths of your heart that you are seen and heard, that you would feel loved and known.
Dear Momma,
I’ve never met you, and yet I feel like we’re kindred spirits. I’ve been praying for your grieving heart, that God would give me the ...
Bright Hope: A Place to Start
Hope Mommies is excited to announce that our founder, Erin Cushman’s, new book, Bright Hope: 28 Daily Devotions for Grief in Light of the Gospel is now available for purchase! Find it at Amazon here. Bright Hope was written to give hope and encouragement to those in mourning. Centered around biblical truth, drawing on historical expressions of faith through hymns and poetry, and infused with personal experiences, Bright Hope is for anyone journeying through the lonely shadows caused by grief and toward the light of the gospel of Jesus. Today, we are sharing another promotional trailer for this book.
https://youtu.be/RrQIttZ0ROA
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Gift of Hope
Today we are launching a new area of ministry at Hope Mommies: Gift of Hope. Medical bills for a baby you did not bring home, or who came home and did not stay, can be a shockingly unexpected reminder of what should have been. While we can’t change the painful reality of your circumstances, we hope to come alongside you and help ease this financial burden as you begin to face life without your dearly loved baby. Through the Gift of Hope we are offering financial assistance to help cover medical bills of babies who have died.
Read the story behind Gift of Hope:
Andy and I were surprised to find I was pregnant shortly after our sixth ...
Bright Hope: Endorsements (And Free Art Print!)
Hope Mommies is excited to announce that our founder, Erin Cushman’s, new book, Bright Hope: 28 Daily Devotions for Grief in Light of the Gospel is now available for purchase! Find it at Amazon here. Bright Hope was written to give hope and encouragement to those in mourning. Centered around biblical truth, drawing on historical expressions of faith through hymns and poetry, and infused with personal experiences, Bright Hope is for anyone journeying through the lonely shadows caused by grief and toward the light of the gospel of Jesus.
Endorsements
“I knew Erin Cushman’s new 28-day devotional book was going to be a great help as ...
Streams in the Desert {Part 1}
The Desert
It was a suffocating emptiness from which I couldn’t escape. The barrenness of my womb; the silence in her nursery; the bleak look in my husband’s eyes. It was everywhere. Though I was rarely left by myself in those first few days and weeks, I felt unmoored and distant from all who were around me. Life had lost it’s brilliance when her life ended.
The guttural cries of the biblical poets echoed my own:
“My God, my God! Why have you forsaken me?” -Matthew 27:46
“I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light,” -Lamentations 3:1-2
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Adopted As Sons
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Throughout this Advent season, we will be studying Galatians 4:4-5 together. In this series, we wil study the gospel truths found in these verses and discover how the coming of Christ speaks into our sorrow.
"But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons."Galatians 4:4-5
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I love the idea of adoption. I have friends who have been adopted, and I have friends who have adopted. One of my friends has three biological children and one adopted ...
“Bright Hope” Trailer
Bright Hope: 28 Daily Devotions for Grief in Light of the Gospel is now available for purchase! Find it at Amazon here. Bright Hope was written to give hope and encouragement to those in mourning. Centered around biblical truth, drawing on historical expressions of faith through hymns and poetry, and infused with personal experiences, Bright Hope is for anyone journeying through the lonely shadows caused by grief and toward the light of the gospel of Jesus. Today, we are sharing a promotional trailer for this book.
https://youtu.be/5D_1fuPccs0
Reading Bright Hope this month has filled me with such hope! Erin’s constant yet ...
Ask the Blog Team: How Do You Grieve Well With Others Who Grieve So Differently Than You?
Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here.
Try to have no expectations, but also work on effective communication, especially with those close to you. The main relationship that you cannot ignore differences in is your husband. If you are grieving differently, commit to working through it together, ...
