Groaning and Leaning Forward
On the day I found out that my baby, Jeremy, had died, I remember leaving the doctor’s office as the sun was setting. I was alone, and as I got in my car to drive home, I thought, “One day I’ll die and this pain will be over.” I wasn’t suicidal, but it felt hopeless that I would ever get out from under such a heavy weight of sorrow. That was my third, second-trimester loss in a row, and I knew my pregnancy road was over.
I took many steps throughout the next year to move myself toward healing from my losses. In that pursuit, I stepped ...
Ten Years Later
It can often seem as though you will always be drowning beneath the acute pain of loss. However, while our grief never truly ends, it doesn't always look and feel the same way. In this series, our writers speak from where they are now in their grief, _________ years later. Throughout this series, you will find testimonies of how grief changes us, and how God uses our heartache to shape us into a greater reflection of His image.
I’m not a fan of waiting rooms. Shocker. After all, who doesn’t love waiting around a long period of time for an appointment ...
Death Will Be No More
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be studying Revelation 21 together, which gives us a beautiful picture of the eternity that awaits those who are in Christ . In this series, we seek to lift the grieving mother's eyes up towards heaven and the imperishable inheritance that is hers and her precious baby's in Christ.
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed ...
He Is With You In The Fire
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.
I grew up going camping, and part of the experience is building a fire. We would often huddle around the fire-pit and feed in small sticks and dried leaves hoping the flame would grow. As the flame consumed the small twigs ...
Leah’s Story
We were in shock, elated shock, to find out that I was pregnant in 2018. We had struggled to conceive both of our boys for over a year each with a miscarriage in between them. As much as our hearts wanted to keep growing our family, I just couldn’t handle the ongoing heartache of trying. So, we didn’t try, didn’t really prevent, and sort of assumed that pregnancy was off the table. Our reactions to the positive pregnancy test confirmed just how much we really did hope for another baby.
Even though I was 38, my doctors were fairly relaxed about additional testing. ...
Overcomer
Everyone will wake up to a day filled with bad news at some point in their life. A call late at night, an unwelcome diagnosis, a visit from a police officer, a letter sent out to the employees of your company. Perhaps, for you it was an early break in water, pre-term labor, a heartbeat not detected, fearful tears during a sonogram, or bleeding during early pregnancy. Should I go on? Unfortunately, we are all part of a club that is heartbreakingly large because we all have had this type of bad news one way or another.
Before this bad news hit my heart, I was a blissfu...
Streams of Living Water
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be studying Revelation 21 together, which gives us a beautiful picture of the eternity that awaits those who are in Christ . In this series, we seek to lift the grieving mother's eyes up towards heaven and the imperishable inheritance that is hers and her precious baby's in Christ.
"And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without ...
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
My hope is built on nothing lessThan Jesus' blood and righteousness;I dare not trust the sweetest frame,But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
My hope is built on nothing less, nothing more, and nothing other than the blood and righteousness of Jesus and His finished work on my behalf. I know that nothing else can satisfy. Nothing else is enough—not even the sweetness of having my precious babies in my arms once more.
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;All other ground is sinking sand:All other ground is sinking sand.
It is Christ alone—all other ground is ...
Purposed: God is Near
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good… for those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom He predestined He also called, and those whom He called He also justified, and those whom He justified He also glorified.”Romans 8:38-30
God's objective is to conform us to the image of His Son. He wants to make us like Christ, because that is our ultimate good. Psalm 73:28 ...
Mary Beth’s Story
Our waiting was finally over. After three years of trying, we were finally met with a positive pregnancy test. My husband made me re-do the pee stick every morning for three days to be sure. We were so excited, but waited to tell our families until nine weeks.I knew that at eight weeks we were safe, right? When we reached 12 weeks, I was even more confident. By 20 weeks, seeing our little boy squirm and wiggle in perfect anatomy and size made me feel so safe and secure in our future as a family of three. I was filled with confidence and love during our maternity shoot and ...
