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Links for Hope Moms {Book & Song}

We want to share with you links to posts, videos, resources, and more to uplift, help, and encourage you in your walk with the Lord as you grieve. View past posts in this series here. 1. “How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil,”  by D. A. Carson “This book can serve to re-calibrate according to a biblical framework our thinking about suffering. If you are seeking to work through your understanding of theology to come to terms with where suffering and grief fits into a biblical worldview, and how Scripture's writers regard suffering, this is a go-to read. Allow me to quote from it at length: ‘Death is not ...

Psalm 16 Reflections {Beautiful Inheritance}

 If you’re new here or haven’t participated before, we’re so glad you joined us! Here’s how it works: To participate in our Psalm 16 Reflections link-up, all you have to do is write on the word or phrase of the week, post your words on your own blog, and link up the post here (via the InLinkz button at the bottom of the post). Be sure to add the actual permalink to your specific post, and not your blog’s homepage (e.g. https://hopemommies.org/psalm-16-reflections and not just hopemommies.org). If you don’t have a blog, you’re welcome to post your reflection in the comments here each week! This is meant to be ...

Identity: We Are Conquerors

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." -Romans 8:37 What exactly does it mean to be more than conquerors? The definition of a conqueror is a person who vanquishes; in other words a victor. Training: Picture an army of warriors who become victorious after a battle. How did they get to that point? They trained, they strategized, and they studied their opponent. They most importantly became confident in their leader and themselves. How should we expect to become victorious in our Christian walk? First we must become confident in our Savior, the one whom ultimately already won the battle for us on the ...

Calli’s Story

The Blessing of Blair My husband and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary in May of 2014. We were so happy with where God had led us in our journey as husband and wife. We had welcomed into this world three beautiful and healthy children, Gavyn, Grant, and Gwyneth. We had witnessed each other grow in godliness hand in hand. God led us down a path of adding to our family through the adoption of our daughter, Bertie, from Malawi, Africa, whom we met while serving with our church at an orphan care center in Malawi. Even through the grueling adoption process, we were over the moon excited to bring our family to completion with such a special gift as ...

Anchored: Grieving Together

Over the next nine weeks on the blog, we will be 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 will be 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 ...

I AM: Unchanging

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrews 13:8) Imagine if you worshipped a deity that was powerful, yet changeable, impulsive, and unpredictable. He could rescind a promise at any time, take back a gift that was given for any reason, or change his mind about what his purpose is. Trust would be a very hard part of your personal relationship with the one that you worshipped if this was the case. Thankfully, God and all of His attributes are entirely compatible with His immutability, His unchanging nature. "God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and he will ...