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 ...
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 ...
Sara’s Story
April 5 was like any other Easter Sunday. My husband, Jeremy, was drumming, and I was helping lead worship. We arrived early and had two successful services. During the middle of the third service I helped out in the nursery, as it was over-packed with babies, and talked about the precious wee-one growing inside of me. Then, before heading back on stage at the end of service I went to the bathroom and saw it: blood.
I immediately started to freak out as I hadn’t spotted once during the previous ten weeks. I called my doctors office and they were less than ...
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. ...
