96 results for tag: Lianna
God is Faithful in the “Yes”
I have grieved the loss of my daughter because I love her. And at times, this has tempted me to believe that my grief and love are coextensive. But actually, my love for my daughter goes far beyond my grief.
The Freedom to Grieve or Not Grieve
As the intensity and frequency of my grief experiences have lessened, love has continued to persist. In love, I am set on my daughter’s good—and because of heavenly glory, I have the unshakeable hope she already has all good. Remaining here, because I do not equate grief and love, I now have no conflict of love when experiencing new joys in this life.
God has been faithful to lead me forward. For none ...
Made for a Different Land, and Still Together in Christ
Made for a Different Land: Eternal Hope for Baby Loss is now available for purchase. Find it at Amazon here. Download free printable coloring pages featuring hope-filled words from the book, created by book contributor Sam Martin, by clicking here. Today, Lianna is sharing about her first daughter who was made for a different land, how closely united she feels with her daughter through the love of Christ, and how she found courage to move forward in this life with the view of a Christ-won, triumphant heaven ahead of her.
Feeling my first baby in my arms, all 7 pounds and 7 ounces—I had previously held no weight like hers. These ...
“Made for a Different Land” Highlight Trailer {And a Giveaway!}
Made for a Different Land: Eternal Hope for Baby Loss is now available for purchase. Find it at Amazon here. Download free printable coloring pages featuring hope-filled words from the book, created by book contributor Sam Martin, by clicking here. Today, we are sharing the highlight trailer for this book along with the poem script for the trailer.
Thinking and dreaming about my little babe
Left with so few memories made
Caught thinking, “After she comes home…”—but she never can
A balloon released across the skies
Watching, nearer than I think, my God all-wise
Having hope of my baby made safe by His ...
In the Word: God is Glorious
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be pouring over Scripture with the goal of knowing God increasingly as He truly is. 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!
God is Glorious
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built! Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant ...
In the Word: God is Great
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be pouring over Scripture with the goal of knowing God increasingly as He truly is. 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!
Knowing Our Glorious God
“Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable.”
Psalm 145:3
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A couple of years ago while having coffee with another woman ...
In the Word: God is One
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be pouring over Scripture with the goal of knowing God increasingly as He truly is. 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!
Knowing Our Glorious God
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one”
Deut. 6:4
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There is one unified God—one essence in three Persons. The Father is fully God, the Son is ...
In the Word: God is Immutable
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be pouring over Scripture with the goal of knowing God increasingly as He truly is. 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!
Knowing Our Glorious God
“For I the LORD do not change”
Malachi 3:6a
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God is immutable—or, unchangeable. In all of His promises, acts, words, and being, He is always who He ...
In the Word: God is Self-Existent
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be pouring over Scripture with the goal of knowing God increasingly as He truly is. 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!
Knowing Our Glorious God
“The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands,&nbs...
In the Word: Knowing Our Glorious God
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be pouring over Scripture with the goal of knowing God increasingly as He truly is. 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!
Knowing Our Glorious God
“In the beginning, God…”
Gen. 1:1
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Perhaps this time of life-altering sorrow is one in which you are starting to think more theologically than you have ...
Made for a Different Land: In Honor of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
“they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one”
Hebrews 11:16a (NIV)
With Hebrews 11:16 coming to mind, I uttered the following words in the hospital room after the stillbirth of my first child: “She was made for a different land.” Soon, we announced the death of our child instead of her birth, and the same words were written across the title of our blog post. As the years have gone by, this is the phrase I have written on balloons released in memory of my daughter. And most recently, “Made for a Different Land” is the title of a forthcoming collaborative book written by women in the Hope Mommies community.* So, these have been ...
