8 results for tag: Choose Hope

A Prayer For The One Who Mourns

On this day set aside to remember the lives of our babies who have gone home ahead of us, my heart is aching alongside yours. I wish that October 15 did not hold this remembrance of sorrow for you. But it is my prayer that in the midst of your grief today, you will also see the unfading beauty of the hope of Christ pierce through the darkness. A Prayer For The One Who Mourns O Lord You know the ache of my heart. You see my suffering and draw near. As I drink from this stream of sorrow, I turn to You. What began as joyful anticipation has crumbled into an unsung song. A story, never to be told. You are familiar with the void that has been ...

Choose Hope 2022: T-Shirt + Candle Fundraiser

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.  This month is for all of us who call ourselves Hope Moms. Whether we are barely hanging on or we have found hope amidst the heartache, this month is for us. From before the beginning of time, God set our little ones apart to be our children; and though out of our sight for now, our babies are still ours and always will be.  I know it hurts, and I won’t pretend to know why our babies died, but I will pray that even in our darkest moments, as we cry over what was lost, that we will also offer whispers of gratitude and watch them rise up into praise. May we choose to say, “They are Yours, ...

Tomorrow is October 15

Many families will join across the country tomorrow, t, to remember babies, both in and out of the womb, who have been lost from our earthly lives. As we ready our hearts for this day, let us not forget the bereaved mothers and families who do not yet personally know the hope that is in Christ. I pray that more and more grieving families in our country come to know and hear that this present fallen life, containing devastating loss and grief, is but a moment, and that there is hope beyond this world. I hope this October 15 is a day to see that our grief does not need to isolate us—for there are others alongside of us ...

Choose Hope: Testimony

It had been three years since my first loss. Three years since National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day first felt significant to me. This year, October 15 caught me by surprise. With all of the changes brought about by a recent move and an ever shifting season of life, it had completely escaped my radar. When I realized what day it was, I ran out to grab balloons and helium so that we could do a small balloon release as a family after our kids got home from school. Most of our belongings were in storage as our family was attending a four month training residency at the time, so the items that we would typically get out as we remembered our ...

Choose Hope 2021

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 fifteen years, our nation has officially recognized October 15 as an opportunity to honor and remember our precious babies who have gone home before us, and to spread awareness of the tragedy that befalls ...

My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

My hope is built on nothing lessThan Jesus' blood and righteousness;I dare not trust the sweetest frame,But wholly lean on Jesus' name. My hope is built on nothing less, nothing more, and nothing other than the blood and righteousness of Jesus and His finished work on my behalf. I know that nothing else can satisfy. Nothing else is enough—not even the sweetness of having my precious babies in my arms once more. On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;All other ground is sinking sand:All other ground is sinking sand. It is Christ alone—all other ground is sinking sand. All other hopes are empty, all other attempts at salvation are striven ...

Choose Hope in 2020

In May 2014, I received the devastating news that my baby’s heart had stopped beating. As I grieved the loss of this beloved child of mine, I began to fear that the passing of time would force his memory and my affection to fade—that, with no tangible reminders of the significant place he held within our family and my heart, he would someday be overlooked or dismissed.  Within weeks of my loss, I suddenly started receiving packages from all sorts of grief groups filled with little trinkets and platitudes related to infant loss. I don't even know how they came to have my name and address. Most of the items in those boxes were tacky and ...

Night of Worship with Caroline Cobb

When you suffer grief as deep and wide as the loss of your very loved and wanted baby, life can feel so unsafe. When my own daughter was stillborn at 22 weeks and five days, I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to be okay again. It was all too heavy—the weight of my empty arms, the ache in my heart. Nothing felt secure. Everything seemed as if it were sand that could slip through the fingers of my clenched fists. My prayers were often, “Lord, I don’t know how to go on. I need you. Help me.” Did you have simple prayers like this, too?   This kind of prayer reminds me of King Jehoshaphat from the Old Testament story found in 2 Chronicles ...