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I AM: Faithful

“For the word of the Lord is upright, and all His work is done in faithfulness.” -Psalm 33:4 Did you catch that?  ALL of His work — everything God does — is done in faithfulness.  Every plan He has made, every purpose for your life, every move He makes in this universe fulfills what He has said He will do for His people, because God is faithful.  Even when we are unfaithful to God, His own faithfulness is unchanged.  It’s everywhere, boundless and unending. “If we are faithless, He remains faithful— for He cannot deny Himself.” -2 Timothy 2:13 He is faithful to His Word He is faithful ...

I AM: Love

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved” -Ephesians 2:4-5 Evidence of God’s great love for you is woven throughout every single page of His Word.  But often, when we we face trials and hardship and sorrow, we begin to doubt His love.  It’s as though we measure the sincerity and strength of His love by the circumstances we face and conclude that if we are experiencing suffering, it must be because He does not love us. But could I challenge you for just a moment to re-read the verse above. . ...

I AM: Sovereign

“I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.” -Isaiah 45:5-7 God is Sovereign Sovereign is one of those words that we “know” but don’t always fully understand.  When we use it to describe or define God, we may initially think we understand it, but the more we try to work out all of its implications, the more difficult it ...

I AM: Holy

“Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy…” -Revelation 15:4 When we say that God is holy we are referring to His inexhaustible greatness and His unblemished character. God cannot be charged with wrong, because He cannot be wrong.  His very nature does not allow it.   He is completely set apart from His creation.  There is no one and nothing like Him. “To whom then will you compare Me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.” -Isaiah 40:25 As we study the character of God we cannot fail to let His holiness fully capture our hearts. Too often we surround ourselves ...

I AM: Yahweh (And a giveaway)

I AM: Yahweh Dear one, I do not know what road your heart has taken through this journey of loss.  Perhaps, you feel as though you are drowning in bitterness and anger, or maybe you have shut yourself off to the world because feeling nothing seems better than feeling the weight of this heart-breaking sorrow. Maybe you find that you have been isolating yourself, because you are tired of the reminders of new life all around you when you had to say goodbye to your own precious little one.  Maybe it seems like no one understands the pain you’ve been through so you wear a mask like everything is fine, when inside you feel like you are ...

Longing For Jesus Again

The nature of infant loss occurring in 1 out of 4 pregnancies, means that there are new women joining our community on a weekly basis. Over the next few weeks, we want to repost some of our earliest blog articles to encourage the dear mommas that have recently joined the ministry and community of Hope Mommies. Although these posts may have been written many years ago, the truths they contain remain the same. God is enough. He has always been enough. And as we place our hope in Him, we will find that He is our anchor in the midst of this storm of grief. As a mother with a child in Heaven, what is the first thing you picture ...