He Will Deliver You
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.
“Call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will glorify Me.”
Psalm 50:15
I could say these words with conviction when there was no trouble in my life. But when trouble came and I faced the ...
In the Word: Rejoicing the Heart (Part 1)
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be studying Psalm 19:7-11 together. The grieving heart will often grasp at anything that seems to offer even the smallest glimmer of comfort. But every attempt to be comforted apart from God and His Word will only end in greater disappointment. In this series, we will be examining the richness of the Word, and discover how we, as Hope Moms, can find true and lasting comfort in Scripture.
REJOICING THE HEART
“The precepts of the Lord are right, ...
Sarabeth, Forever Held
When I was 15, our family lost our youngest son and brother when he was stillborn due to anencephaly. Though not my own child, I loved him from the time I knew my mother was pregnant, and his passing impacted me deeply. I have thought about him often over the past 24 years, always wondering what life would be like with another brother, and always trying to remember him on his birthday.
Keeping that sweet baby boy in my memory has been one of the strongest reasons I want my own girls to grow up with a knowledge of their sister. Sarabeth was and is a gift, a ...
Finding Grace on Mother’s Day
I was fourteen weeks pregnant. It was Mother’s Day weekend, and we had gathered with my husband’s extended family for a reunion. There was a buzz of excitement from everyone because my first ultrasound appointment was scheduled for the next day. All afternoon there were hands gently caressing my belly and guesses as to the gender of this newest addition to the family.
I was radiating with joy as we left to drive home later that evening. This sweet babe was already so loved, and it was an incredible blessing to be surrounded by so many people who were anticipa...
Sharing His Love on Mother’s Day
The weightiness of Mother’s Day was lost on me until I lost my son. I never considered how hard the day could be for those that longed for a child but experienced infertility. I never gave thought to how those that no longer had their child to hold might feel forgotten. The first Mother’s Day after my son passed away was incredibly heavy. It had only been two weeks since we had laid him to rest, and I was emotionally and physically exhausted.
From the moment the sun began to shine through my windows that morning, I wanted the day to be over. I felt like a shell ...
Drawing Near on Mother’s Day
May 8, 2011.
My first Mother’s Day as a Hope Mom.
I had survived my birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentines without Gwendolyn. And “survival” is an appropriate word—these first holidays were what I call the “little deaths”; the barely-holding-back-sobs (or escaping to another room) to let out all the sadness that can’t help but be expended through tears. But Mother’s Day loomed so large, obscuring the rest of what is typically a lovely month out of the year. Thinking of all I had stored up in hope for Mother’s ...
Unspeakable Joy on Mother’s Day
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13
Joy—unspeakable joy—is one of the many emotions I experience each year as Mother’s Day makes its appearance. Joy that is intermingled with pain, happiness, grief, hope, anger, and thankfulness. Mother’s Day is a sweet reminder of the blessings the Lord has bestowed upon me and my family, but it is also a day that is shadowed by loss.
I have five beautiful children that are earth-side with me, and I have one ...
In the Word: Reviving My Soul
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be studying Psalm 19:7-11 together.The grieving heart will often grasp at anything that seems to offer even the smallest glimmer of comfort. But every attempt to be comforted apart from God and His Word will only end in greater disappointment. In this series, we will be examining the richness of the Word, and discover how we, as Hope Moms, can find true and lasting comfort in Scripture.
REVIVING MY SOUL
"The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul."
P...
He Will Finish the Work He Began in You
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.
After my son Max died, I struggled to perform even the most basic of daily tasks. I couldn’t clean my house or cook. I had no interest in putting on makeup or doing my hair. I couldn’t imagine sitting in my office attempting to do ...
Alexa’s Story
"Sometimes the thing you never would choose for your life, chooses you for a reason. And the thing that you’d never pick, picks you to become brave. And sometimes, you get what you need by walking through what you never wanted, and the thing you never wanted, may turn out to be the thing you need most."
Ann Voskamp
I read this quote often, and each time, I believe more and more that Garrett was this for me, for us, and for our family. I had always believed that God made beauty from ashes, but I never actually experienced this undeniable truth until Garrett. His story ...
