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Spring is Coming
If you don’t yet have a history to reflect on God’s provision, rely on the testimony of others around you, and of the powerful promises in His Word. As you trust Him, you’ll eventually see that He was holding you all along — caring for you, grieving with you, and strengthening you.
Bearing One Another’s Burdens
To open your heart is to give your own sorrow meaning. What greater reward could there be for our obedience?
Mother’s Day — Then and Now
I’ve been asked how long a grieving mother grieves, and the answer is, forever. The deep mourning ends, but there will always be times of grief — moments of deeply missing the precious child who has gone on ahead.
You Are Not Alone
As you trust the One who loves you most, you will find that your soul will bloom again with hope, joy, purpose, and fulfillment. It will take time, but it will come. In the meantime, He is holding you as you mourn.
You are not alone.
The In-Between Time
They didn’t realize that the resurrection was coming. They didn’t know this was just the “in-between time.”
Are We Almost There Yet?
Let’s continue becoming who we should be for our future life of eternity — trusting the One who loves us the most. We can live with joy and purpose as we eagerly await eternity with Jesus and those we love who have gone ahead of us.
Grief — Then and Now
I have experienced His love for me throughout my life, but it was only through the greatest sorrow I have ever known that an understanding of the depth of His love became evident to me. Sometimes I wonder how I didn’t see it before.
Trust and Rest
As you watch God work in your life, bring you comfort, carry you, encourage you, and love you in a way you’ve never known before, your ability to trust will grow. The struggle will diminish and His peace will flood your soul.
Don’t Lose Heart
Are you battling discouragement? Focus on Jesus and you will find strength and encouragement to face the hardship of today.
Seeing in Color
I have heard it said that we saw in black and white before, but we now see in color, vivid color.
It’s Okay to Cry
If you are grieving a loss, please know that those tears are part of the process and can provide healing for your hurting heart. Give yourself permission to cry.
The Discovery of a Lifetime
You can grieve from a “place of rest” knowing that your Father is holding you, protecting you, and guiding you. You are safe in His hand.
The Monkey and the Coconut
When we come to God regularly, placing all the anger, fear, guilt, jealously, doubt, and whatever else is plaguing our hearts and trapping us within our own limited understanding, we find relief and release.
An Untamed River
Trudging through hopelessness with Jesus provides you a loving, empathetic companion, specifically the One who relates to every last sorrow you’ll ever face.
Exhaustion of the Soul
I want to challenge you today that there is only one place to turn when you are in this place; only One who can relieve the deepest exhaustion of the soul.
A Renewed Understanding
Even though my heart aches so desperately, and I long to be able to spend time with my son, God’s love and mercy is evident EVERYWHERE.
Facing a New Year
As we enter a new year, we can fully trust God with our lives. He will bring beauty from ashes and make new streams in the desert. He will comfort and strengthen us, and fill us with His peace and joy.
Learning the Language of Lament: Putting It Into Practice
Our Rock is a strong foundation on which we are invited to humbly cast every tough question, complaint, and doubt that plagues us.
Gratitude Amidst Grief
Even in the middle of grief, there is much to be grateful for. It may be hard to recognize when your loss is new, but down the road, we hope you’ll find these statements to be true in your life, as they are in ours.