Bear Much Fruit: Joy
When I started thinking about joy, the movie "Inside Out" came to mind. In this animated film, Joy is a main character and one of five emotions inside the mind of a young girl. The other emotions are Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness. Joy always strives to remain joyful, hence her name, and is the leader of the young girl's emotions.
Have you ever thought about which emotion is leading your life? We have all of these emotions competing for control. Joy and sorrow will even walk hand in hand at times, but only one will lead. It's imperative that ...
Yet I Will Praise You: Hannah
History bears witness to the many men and women who have gone before us in choosing to praise God in spite of the great suffering they endured. We can learn much from their testimonies of faithfulness and perseverance in the midst of grief and pain. In this series, we share about the trials others have endured, and of their commitment to praise God from the valley.
As mothers, we have a vision for our children's future. It involves happiness and prosperity, all in close proximity to ourselves. We want to control their destiny. We want a guarantee that no ...
The Everlasting Light
In the wake of our losses my husband and I found ourselves in profound darkness.
Our precious son, B, was stillborn on June 30, 2018, at 22 weeks. I wandered lost for a year as we tried to understand and navigate a grief we had never felt before, which was compounded by two early term losses, one in November 2018 and another in February 2019. In December 2019, we again said hello and goodbye. This time to B’s brother, Robert, who was also born at 22 weeks and with us for one precious hour.
The grief wasn’t new anymore, it was like a knife in an ...
Bear Much Fruit: Love
After multiple miscarriages, I remember my raw emotions around pregnant women: bitterness about my life’s path, envy, anger towards those who complained about pregnancy symptoms, and frustration that there seemed to be no tangible answers as to why my babies were leaving so soon. Days after one miscarriage, a good friend announced that she was expecting. I still remember the shock on her face when I told her it was hard for me to be around pregnant women. While I was pregnant with my son, Thatcher, friends around me were giving birth or pregnant with perfectly healthy ...
In the Word: The Guarantee of Our Future Hope
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.
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“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.”John 14:18-19
Because Jesus has conquered death, we live. Because Jesus lives, He gives the Holy Spirit to us who teaches us. He takes the Bible and ...
Yet I Will Praise You: Corrie Ten Boom
History bears witness to the many men and women who have gone before us in choosing to praise God in spite of the great suffering they endured. We can learn much from their testimonies of faithfulness and perseverance in the midst of grief and pain. In this series, we share about the trials others have endured, and of their commitment to praise God from the valley.
In 1944, during WWII, Corrie Ten Boom and her sister, Betsie, endured ten months of unimaginable suffering while imprisoned by the Nazis for their resistance work in aiding and hiding Jews. ...
How Can I Keep From Singing
My life flows on in endless song;Above earth's lamentation,I hear the sweet, though far-off hymnThat hails a new creation
Through all the tumult and the strife,I hear that music ringingIt finds an echo in my soul,How can I keep from singing?
I found myself in church on Sunday yet again with tears streaming down my face. We ended the service with the hymn How Can I Keep From Singing? As I approached the third anniversary of my boy’s heaven day, my heart sang this hymn from a place of renewed grief.
The month of our first loss is particularly hard. I ...
Abide in Christ
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit.” -John 15:16
God created you to bear fruit. But what does it mean to be fruitful? What is the fruit that you are called to bear?
Dear one, you bear fruit when you allow God to nurture Christ-likeness in you. We are God’s fruit-bearers when we choose to live for Him and grow to be more like Him. As the Spirit of God is working in our lives, He is producing fruitfulness in us.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, ...