Grieving with Children: Looking to Jesus
For those who have experienced the loss of a child following the birth of other children, it can be so hard to navigate your own grief while also shepherding the thoughts, feelings, and reactions of your other children. Calli Williams is sharing her experience on helping her children grieve with hope.
As Hope Mommies, God gives us the beautiful ability to lean into Him while He turns our ashes into beauty. Our response to the trials we face in losing a child is a walking testimony to turn others towards Him—especially those closest to us.
While journeying ...
Evie’s Story
August 28, 2019.
The day my life changed. Again.
This was the day I was the first to know a new person existed. The day I knew I was a mommy again. It only took a moment for me to register the results on the pregnancy test and have so many thoughts flash through my head. “I’m having a baby! Who will this child be? Boy or girl? Blond hair or brown? Blue eyes or brown eyes? Your sisters will be so excited to know you’re on your way! Your daddy will be so proud!” I was bubbling after telling Peter and blurted out, “Let’s tell the family!” I’d felt ...
You Will Lack No Good Thing
God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow.
In the days following my miscarriage and the subsequent loss of my precious son Max, there was nothing I longed for more fervently than my child. I sat in an empty nursery staring at an empty crib with empty arms wrapped ...
Grieving with Children: Understanding Their Emotions
For those who have experienced the loss of a child following the birth of other children, it can be so hard to navigate your own grief while also shepherding the thoughts, feelings, and reactions of your other children. Calli Williams is sharing her experience on helping her children grieve with hope.
The day my husband and I received the devastating news that our daughter had passed at 20 weeks gestation, and after being carried out of the doctor’s office and into my car, something hit me. We had to go home, and we had to tell our children. Our children had ...
In the Word: His Word Gives Sweet Wisdom
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 more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.”-Psalm 119:99-100
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Neither position nor age is the determinant or giver of wisdom. If you have met someone after loss who has blessed your soul with his or her wisdom—w...
Yet I Will Praise You: The Life of Paul
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.
If anyone understands what it is like to walk through suffering, it would be Paul. His life as a believer was anything but easy. In fact, shortly after he became a follower of Christ, the Lord ...
Selah: 2021 Virtual Retreat Experience
Registration for our retreat has been open for a few weeks now, and I am humbled to see so many of you already signing up to join us for this two-day event. This year many of our chapters have partnered with us to offer in person locations too—this means that you have the option to 1) join us from the comfort of your own home (online and virtually) or 2) to attend in person at one of our 10 different locations.
(To see if there is a chapter hosting an event near you click here.)
While I wish we could all be together at Camp Tejas like we usually ...
Finding Your Home on Mother’s Day
Empty arms have a way of making a woman feel homeless and out of place. Mother’s Day can make you feel like you don’t belong at church or even in your circle of friends. You may be surrounded by pregnant women, newborn babies, or families with quivers full of children, and your arms ache to be a part of the club. But you’re not.
Is there a place for you in God’s house? He hasn’t yet made you the joyous mother of children, does He still have a home for you (Psalm 113:9)? Maybe you recently lost a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or in infancy. You might ...
Holly’s Story
"I remember looking out my hospital window and gazing at all the cars going by and the people walking in the parking lot and thinking that the world should not be moving right now—because my world just came to a screeching halt. How could our happily ever after turn into our worst nightmare in the blink of an eye?
My water broke on Saturday, July 24, 2010. I was shocked and a little overwhelmed because Landry was going to be two weeks early, but I was overly excited about finally seeing that precious face I had been dreaming about. I think the best part was that ...
Yet I Will Praise You: The Fiery Furnace
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.
No one is guaranteed an easy and comfortable life. No one is free from hardship and pain. Because we are living in a world groaning under the weight of sin, we are surrounded by ...
