5 results for tag: Becky

Discussions in Grief: Surrender

Grieving involves new emotions and considerations often too many to numbers. When you find yourself in overwhelming grief, you likely feel buried and lost. In this series, we slowly and compassionately look at one aspect of grief at a time from a biblical perspective for the newly grieving mother. Click {here} to read past posts in this series.  I don't know what comes to mind for you when you think of the word “surrender”, but for me I picture the end of a long battle and the losing side has nothing left. Surrender happens when they give up and hand themselves over to the mercy of the enemy. Surrender happens in defeat, when you have ...

Bear Much Fruit: Faithfulness

"I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me."-Psalm 119:75 Dear sister, do you feel afflicted today? In the midst of your sorrow do you trust that our Father is faithful? Before looking at the fruit of faithfulness, I want to take a step back and look first at faith. Hebrews 11:1 states that “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” This means that despite not seeing, we believe and trust that God will be faithful to do as He promised. What does faithfulness look like? The entire chapter of Hebrews 11 list acts of faith, such as Abraham, ...

Yet I Will Praise You: The Life of Joseph

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. For a long time I have loved the story of Joseph. Perhaps it is because this story highlights a time our God worked behind the scenes, as He always is, working “all things together for good” (Romans 8:28).  There are so many attributes of God to be thankful ...

Hope for the Holidays {Rejoice in Hope}

“Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again: rejoice!” -Philippians 4:4 As the Christmas season draws near, the last thing you may feel like doing this year is rejoicing.  It may seem there is little reason for joy this year.  If your loss is new, it is possible you pictured celebrating your Christmas very differently than you now will.  Last Christmas was that way for me.  We had expected sharing our Christmas with a six-month-old boy and all the fun that comes with watching a baby at Christmas.  Instead, the holidays seemed like a huge reminder of the ache of his absence.  Yet as Christmas approached, the Lord continually caused me ...

Anchored: Your Platform for the Gospel

Over the past nine weeks on the blog, we have been following along with our fall Hope Groups as they go through Hope Mommies’ newly published Bible Study — Anchored.  For those of you who did not register for a group this year, this is an opportunity to walk through the topics studied in our Hope Groups. For those of you who are currently participating in a Hope Group, our desire is for these posts to reinforce the lessons you are learning with your group.   Wherever you are in your journey through loss and grief, I pray that this series will encourage your heavy hearts, remind you of truth, and point you to the unrelenting, far-reaching ...