Links for Hope Moms: Spring 2019 Edition

We want to share with you links to posts, videos, and resources from around the web to uplift, help, and encourage you in your walk with the Lord as you grieve.

1. {Elizabeth Eliiot: ‘Your Suffering Is Never for Nothing’} //
   
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2. {We Can’t Grieve However We Want}// “Subsequent ultrasounds, however, showed that our boys had congenital birth defects. When they were born with crooked joints and extreme muscle weakness, they were immediately intubated. In an instant, a thousand dreams of fatherhood died. Instead of the life we hoped for, we were plunged into round-the-clock intensive care. Three years later we would plant the perishable seed of our son Isaac’s body in a twenty-square-foot plot of dirt at a cemetery called Woodlawn.“
3. {Hope Is Not a Wish}// “Christ gives us hope both now in the present and in the future. All that Christ is and all that He has done gives us hope in our daily life as we live out the realities of the gospel each day. The good news of His life, death, and resurrection anchor us as we face temptation, battle sin, and endure suffering. We have the hope of Christ living within us, as His Spirit encourages, instructs, and guides us in our life of faith. When the rough winds of trials blow into our lives, Christ is our hope. When the uncertainties of life in a fallen world threaten to drown us, Christ is our hope. When we are overwhelmed and feel helpless over our sin, Christ is our hope. When temptations encircle us from every side, Christ is our hope. He is our constant hope in all things.“
4. {Flashback post: Ending on Loss; Ending on Redemption} // “Admittedly, I had reduced God’s methods of redemption, healing, and restoration. I assumed closure and a heart-made-new—a full rescue from my sorrow—would only be possible through a subsequent full-term pregnancy and living baby. My son was gone, my heart broken, and thus it only made sense to fill that empty space with another baby. Yet, when I reduce God’s methods of redemption in such a way I am reducing the message of the Cross. Jesus died so I could live. He came to heal and make all things new and give abundant life—and all of that is possible by the gospel. Sorrow is turned to joy when I put my belief in the Good News of Scripture.“

Ashlee is the Editorial Coordinator for Hope Mommies. She and her husband, Jesse, have four children on earth and two little ones in Heaven. You can get to know her more by reading her blog, Beyond Undone.

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