A Heavenly Perspective
I once saw a movie or video clip that made a lasting impression on me. They first showed the view while walking through the streets of a specific city or town. It was dirty, scary, and broken. Then they showed the view at night from a mountain. Lights everywhere, something mysterious, breathtakingly beautiful. The same city but different viewpoints, different perspectives.
My view of heaven has been very limited. Maybe it’s like that with many people. I remember thinking previously, what are we going to do all the time for eternity? —almost worried that it is not ...
A Prayer For Your Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is such a confusing day for Hope Mommies. It is supposed to be a day of celebration, but it can bring on such strong emotions of emptiness and longing. While everyone around us is receiving flowers, getting hand drawn cards, or having arms wrap around their necks with love, we are left hungering to share those moments with our littles who are in Glory. You are a mother after all; Our heavenly Father deemed you a mother the moment your beloved child was conceived.
It is okay to grieve. God grieves with us. In the book of James, we are instructed to ...
Discussions in Grief: Loneliness
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.
It was late at night and everyone had grown tired from the anticipation and excitement of the Passover celebration. They trudged on as their Teacher led them to the grove of olive trees called Gesthsemane. His heart was ...
In the Word: A Precious Faith
Welcome to Hope Mommies In the Word devotionals. If you are joining us for the first time today, make sure you don't miss the first posts in this series here. Over several weeks, we are looking at 1 Peter 1:1-9 verse by verse. As we study this passage together, we’d love you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dig into God's Word each week along with us!
"so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold ...
Count It All Joy
I’ve thought a lot about the experience of suffering and the Bible’s response to our suffering this past year. Before our miscarriage and infertility I quickly passed over passages on suffering, not because I didn’t see them as important, but I just didn’t relate to them. I had faced trials before, but nothing that really made me wrestle with God’s good plan for my life in the way I have recently. I don’t doubt His goodness; I just need to understand it more than ever before. While difficult, that is a good result of our suffering. It causes us to lean hard ...
Ask the Blog Team: How Did You Use or Avoid Social Media in the Midst of Grief?
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.
How Did You Use or Avoid Social Media in the Midst of Grief?
I was very open from day one about our loss. I often shared about the dichotomy of pain and hope. Yes, it was ...
Being a Mother Without A Child on Earth
How can I be a mother without a child on earth?
This has been the question for me ever since I lost our baby. I trust God to take care of my baby and myself, but what am I supposed to do as a mom here on earth without a child in my arms?
This question made me reflect on how we think of mothers. Is motherhood defined by the lack of sleep? By the willingness to sacrifice everything? By the amount of diapers you go through each week? By the conflicts that arise from wanting to balance work and life and family?
When I found out I was pregnant, I didn't have a very clear ...
Discussions in Grief: Stunned
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.
Less than twenty-four hours after uttering the words, “I’m trying to finish his quilt because I think I might be going into labor,” I looked at the sonogram monitor and saw all four chambers of his heart. Still. ...
Because He Lives
“And He who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” -Revelation 21:5
Go back and read that verse again and again and again. Our Great God is making ALL things new.
This, dear one, is the message of Easter. This is what we have to look forward to. This is the hope we have been given through the death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Everything will be new and perfect. Nothing will be damaged or spoiled or blemished by the darkness of sin. The splendor of heaven is truly beyond the scope of our comprehension. ...
In the Word: A Little While
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ first edition of In the Word devotionals. If you are joining us for the first time today, make sure you don't miss the first posts in this series here. Over several weeks, we are looking at 1 Peter 1:1-9 verse by verse. As we study this passage together, we’d love you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dig into God's Word each week along with us!
"In this you rejoice, even if now for a ...
