To Choose Hope is to Choose Christ
Last year on October 15—Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day—we bought a tank of helium and a package of balloons, and spent the afternoon writing notes and drawing pictures in honor of our babies in heaven. We’ve never thrown a big party or included lots of friends and family on these days of remembrance. Instead, they have been quiet and reflective days. There have been times when I wondered if I was doing enough to honor our babies in glory, but through the years I have come to treasure these quiet moments—where there is no one to impress and our hearts are ...
Kaley’s Story
I have felt the pull on my heart to share my story. I have tried to avoid it, but over and over the Lord is pushing me to share what He is teaching me.
Last March, after more than a year of trying to start a family, we found out I was pregnant. While I was excited, something seemed to keep me from being overly excited. Then, a few weeks after finding out I was pregnant, I had a miscarriage.
I was angry and heartbroken. I felt embarrassed and confused. Mostly, I was in pain. I took multiple showers, because laying on the floor of my shower until the hot water ran out ...
A Song for My Soul: It is Well
Music has the ability to speak into the deepest recesses of our hearts. God often uses songs to speak hope and encouragement to our souls. In this series, Hope Moms share songs that have pointed them to the hope of Christ in the midst of their grief. Is there a song that has comforted you in your grief? We'd love to have you share your story here.
As I sit down to write this, the view out my window is dense woods and green leaves as far as the eye can see, shiny from the steady rain, with bits of pale sky peeking through the uppermost branches. I am comfortably ...
Local Chapter Spotlight: Brenham and College Station
What's happening in Brenham and College Station:
In November 2016, we were approved to start a local Chapter of Hope Mommies in the Brenham & College Station area. Since then, we have been able to stock all three hospitals in the College Station area, Baylor Scott & White in Brenham, and local doctors offices in Brenham.
This year, the Lord has continued opening doors, and we have partnered with more doctors’ offices in the College Station area and several large Houston area hospitals to provide hope to families in Labor & Delivery and also the NICU ...
In the Word: El-Shaddai
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be looking at different names of God found in Scripture, and how these different aspects of who He is offer us hope in the midst of our grief. As we study together, we encourage you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you study these names of God along with us!
El Shaddai
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord ...
A Song for My Soul: Abide With Me
Music has the ability to speak into the deepest recesses of our hearts. God often uses songs to speak hope and encouragement to our souls. In this series, Hope Moms share songs that have pointed them to the hope of Christ in the midst of their grief. Is there a song that has comforted you in your grief? We'd love to have you share your story here.
Abide with me; falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers, fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, abide with me.
Thou on my head, in early youth didst smile;
And, though ...
He Sees Me
I was sixteen years old the first time I remember hearing God called El Roi, “The God Who Sees Me.” It felt like such a profound and personal name for a God that I loved but didn’t truly know or understand at the time. And it was a name that stuck with me—that kept pulling at the corners of my mind—though I didn’t then know why. Now I do.
The only place in Scripture where God is called El Roi is in Genesis 16. Coincidentally, this is also the only place in Scripture where someone specifically names God. God often names Himself and sometimes ...
Choose Hope for 2018
The pain of losing a child, whether to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss, is among the most agonizing of sorrows. Whether your loss occurred many years ago or very recently, the ache you carry in your heart is heavy indeed. There is nothing that can prepare you for the devastation of losing a child, and there are no words that can take away the pain that results. But dear one, your grief does not need to be carried alone.
For the past twelve years, our nation has officially recognized October 15 as an opportunity to honor and remember our precious babies who have ...
Much More
The grief of death paints my abode—streets and structures—pale and decrepit. Nothing of earth surpasses its power; I have seen no mere man pierce to true light beyond this affixed shadow. Firm is death’s power to dominate humankind.
But almost unnoticed, the world creates death into a lull—a sinking song—that looks no further than to self. It whispers that unless I abide by the gritty baseness and the meaninglessness of life (apart from living for self), I am inexperienced—or, cannot make much of this life at all. The enemy exploits itself ...
A Song for My Soul: He Will Hold Me Fast
Music has the ability to speak into the deepest recesses of our hearts. God often uses songs to speak hope and encouragement to our souls. In this series, Hope Moms share songs that have pointed them to the hope of Christ in the midst of their grief. Is there a song that has comforted you in your grief? We'd love to have you share your story here.
I saw the positive pregnancy test and my first thought was, “Oh! Another baby to love like Jacob!”
Jacob, our firstborn, died on his birthday, seven hours after we met face to face. It had been almost eight months ...
