Kristin’s Story
After three years of tearful prayers and longing, my husband and I were ecstatic when we learned we were expecting our first child. This baby, a little boy we named Ethan, was a long-awaited answer to many prayers and we praised God for this precious gift. “God is so faithful,” we heard again and again, as we shared the news with the countless friends and family who had been praying for us over the years. God’s faithfulness felt so evident in our lives and our hearts overflowed with gratitude.
At our 20-week anatomy scan, we learned that Ethan displayed a ...
Bear Much Fruit: Kindness
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentlenessand self-control.-Galatians 5:22
When we are grieving, is it possible to have any fruit in our lives? When all we want to do is hole up in a cave, can we be patient with those that aren’t grieving—and who just might possibly say hurtful things because they don’t understand? When the days are long and full of sorrow, can we have joy and peace? When we are angry and hurt, can we be kind?
The short answer is “yes!”
When we grieve, it is easy to ...
Ask the Blog Team: What Did You Wrestle With God About During the Early Days After Your Baby Died?
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.
I had supernatural peace in the early days about what was to come and what happened after Anna passed. My questions were more related to "what's next?" Don't worry, the other ...
In the Word: Growing in Grace
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. It is our desire that this series will aid you in getting in the Bible for yourself and discovering the joy that comes from hearing from God through the pages of His Word.
"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."Galatians 2:20
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Martyn Lloyd-Jones writes this about the connection:
We have been crucified with ...
Bear Much Fruit: Patience
“May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might,for all endurance and patience with joy.” -Colossians 1:11
Strength and patience walk hand in hand. This is why Paul prayed for the church in Collosae to be strengthened with all power in order to be patient. Patience requires great inner strength.
Take a minute to read through this definition of patience: “The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset—calmly enduring pain and trying situations.”
I don’t know about you, but ...
Wrestling Well
I first started walking with Jesus as a young child, and my faith has been and still is the most important part of my life. I know this all sounds so “nice,” and it certainly is, but it’s fair and even helpful to share that walking with Jesus hasn’t always been easy for me. In fact, walking with Jesus has been very difficult through the years. I’ve wrestled and doubted, as I would imagine many of you have too. I’ve noticed there seems to be a temptation to wrestle secretly because we feel ashamed––we worry others will think we’re losing our faith or ...
Brandy’s Story
Where do I begin to tell the story of our daughter whose life would come to change our world in so many ways?
In December of 2019, after a difficult few months filled with sickness and the loss of my precious Mommy, I caught the flu. Our oldest son had recently been hospitalized for the same thing, and I had fallen ill caring for him. On Christmas Eve, a friend persuaded me to take a pregnancy test because I was still very sick.
I was in shock when the test was positive. My first thoughts were, “Lord, what are you thinking? Here I am barely ...
Bear Much Fruit: Peace
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you.”
– Isa. 26:3
There is no more heartbeat for my little girl.
But peace
Sobbing while on the phone with my mom from a hospital bed.
But peace
A hand in mine, belonging to a crying father.
But peace
A wearied doctor with no answers.
But peace
Silence from the newly-birthed lips that resemble mine.
But peace
Watching the nurse walk my daughter's tender body from the hospital room and out of my earthly life.
But peace
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Book Review: Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
Throughout many years of pastoral ministry, Timothy Keller and his wife Kathy, walked alongside countless individuals in the midst of suffering, and faced great suffering of their own. Through these experiences they came to realize that “the heart of why people disbelieve and believe in God, of why people decline and grown in character, of how God becomes less real and more real to us — is suffering.” (6)
Suffering is inevitable. No amount of planning and preparation can completely guard you from facing suffering in this life. In John ...
In the Word: A Promise Fulfilled
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. It is our desire that this series will aid you in getting in the Bible for yourself and discovering the joy that comes from hearing from God through the pages of His Word.
“to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us” – Ephesians 3:20
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We have the Holy Spirit within us, enabling us to return to the “real world” after loss with the peace that He is with us and that we truly are with Him here on earth for ...
