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A candid and transparent look into my journey through grief. Riveting and revealing stories torn from the pages of my life that depict the golden thread of hope that held me to gather and guided me from mourning to eventual joy!

You know how devastating it is to lose a loved one. Coping with bereavement is a painful and bumpy journey with many twists and turns. It helps to have an outline or rough roadmap along this painful and bumpy journey, with a few short stories sprinkled in just to illustrate certain points. Give yourself time; handling and overcoming bereavement is all part of the journey.

You don't have to be dying to have questions about death, the afterlife, legacy planning, and more. Life and legacy coach Elizabeth Turnage presents bite-size biblical answers on theological and practical issues, accompanied by beautiful hymns, prayers, reflection questions, and additional resources. Rediscover hope as you meditate on the glory that lies ahead.

A mother grapples with a crisis of faith while struggling to know God's will when facing end-of-life decisions for her child and learns to recognize and recover from false guilt as she seeks to reconnect with God in the aftermath. A Time to Die, a Time to Live is Nancy's story of loss, hope and redemption after her daughter's death drove her into deep spiritual crisis. Mired in self-doubt and grief, she questioned how God could ever love her after she had made such an agonizing decision. She persevered in her search for meaning - even renewed faith - in the face of despair.

Espero que al compartir mi notable historia ayude a los lectores a encontrar una nueva perspectiva de vida y les ayude a vivir sus mejores vidas en el futuro. Estoy y estaré eternamente agradecido por lo que me pasó. Esta historia abrió la puerta a un propósito mayor en mi vida que me hace sentir vivo. Ahora, siento la responsabilidad de compartir mi mensaje con el mundo, porque quiero que todos aprecien los tesoros que los rodean.

The Faith Within is my candid truth, plain and unvarnished, about my painful, devastating, and difficult journey of losing my (and my husband's) first child. When you lose a baby due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or at or after birth, you can also lose your hope of being a mother. This is my reality, no matter how hard I try to erase the thoughts - I lost my baby. The information I share in this book, though difficult to pen at times, I hope leaves you in a place where you can find peace, healing, and the strength to move forward as I share from my perspective.

A son killed by a single bullet. A mother’s heart shattered. As Tammy Horvath struggles to come to terms with her son’s death, a voice tells her to forgive his killer. With her soul tormented by the loss of her son, Tammy fights to get out of bed every day because she can’t face a seemingly hopeless future. But Luke would want her to be happy. So she pushes forward and embarks on a journey, searching for peace, hope, and a chance to keep her son alive in her heart.

We are not taught how to grieve, and yet grief comes to every one of us at some time. Bestselling author Lauraine Snelling discovered this truth when she began her own journey with grief in 1985, the year her 20-year-old daughter, Marie, lost her battle with cancer.

In this nonfiction book,A Hand to Hold, Lauraine helps us release the fears that make us uncomfortable around those who grieve. She urges us to offer those who grieve the gifts of touch, tears, talk, and time.

Where is my home? This is the story of a woman who watched “home” slip away again and again—through her parents’ divorce, a foreclosure, two international moves, ten rental homes in ten years, and her mother’s terminal battle with cancer. Add in the challenge of cross-cultural marriage, and Kate Motaung was constantly adapting to a new environment. When home is supposed to be synonymous with love and comfort and safety, unpredictable and unwelcome life events—even the chosen but challenging ones—can shake you to your core. A Place to Land is a globe-spanning memoir that ...

Life doesn't always work out the way we planned. Things happen that we have no control over, and circumstances seem overwhelming. I never thought I'd marry an abusive man - a man whose mental demons turned him into two different people. I never imagined being a widow at the age of 38. I never dreamed that one decision could so profoundly change my life and my viewpoint of mental illness. I didn't know how much I still had to learn about myself.

Life can change in an instant. “He died at the scene.” “It’s malignant.” “I want a divorce.” Certain words, whether whispered or shouted, once uttered, severs us from the life we once knew. Such words can send us into a spiritual free fall, descending into a world we never wanted to enter. Often times, words meant to comfort can feel empty. Hope seems out of our reach when loss, grief, and depression tries to smother our faith. Freefall reminds us the God we serve gave us the tools to survive our darkest hours.

Have you ever felt like life got in the way of you living your dream? Like you’re stuck in a rut and there is no way out? Are you ready to unleash the joy, peace, and fulfillment that you have been longing for? Maurice Martin has been where you are. Within these pages, he delivers a message that the pain of your past doesn't have to control your future anymore! It's time for you to break free from the chains that are holding you back.

Popular author and Bible teacher Dee Brestin draws on her own grief experience to help readers find their way into the arms of God during times of pain and loss. Brestin demonstrates how speaking the truth to our souls with the help of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs can calm the grieving heart and help it rest like a child in the arms of a loving parent.

In November 2004, Lora Jones was a happy wife and proud mother of two beautiful children. Lora and her family left for a family vacation, excited to celebrate the holidays, but sounds of music and laughter in their van were shattered by a head-on collision. Lora watched helplessly as, one-by-one, her beloved family slipped into eternity. Awake in a nightmare, all traces of laughter were replaced by the mournful cries of a wounded heart. How in the world could Lora go on alone? Song of a Wounded Heart tells the true story of Lora’s journey from death to hope.

No matter what the circumstances, death shakes us to the core. It seems so wrong, and it is! We long for comfort, but we don't know where to look. Can God really help when we are overwhelmed with grief? With compassion and biblical wisdom, Paul David Tripp shows us how to think and what to do when death enters our door in CCEFs Grief: Finding Hope Again.

In this book, Catherine Petersen shares proven principles of faith-walking, spiritual training, and steps for soul-healing, seasoned with personal journey stories.

This audiobook for the Healing of Trauma is a ‘seed of healing’ to begin or go deeper in your inner restorative journey. This audiobook for the Healing of Trauma offers a structured roadmap to help you move beyond the pain of trauma towards a place of wholeness and restoration. Engage in carefully crafted, reflection exercises that guides you through the layers of your trauma, gently unraveling the knots that bind you to the past.

I felt like the world ended when my spouse passed away… Are you overwhelmed with sadness since losing your loved one? Or do you want to help a grieving friend frozen in their sorrow? The death of a loved one rocks the foundation of your faith. You begin to question God's love and power. You find it hard to attend church services because you feel so different. And reading your bible or praying feels impossible. A Simple Plan for Grieving Is it possible to get past the tears and experience happiness again after your spouse’s death? Yes, friend, it is. You can move forward and find purpose...

We've lost the practice of lament. Most people don't know how to process personal or communal mourning and instead struggle to honor their tears, vulnerability, and the full weight of these disillusioning times. But tending our grief might be exactly what we need to reimagine a way forward. Tracing her difficult experiences of a catastrophic home fire, a threat to her child's well-being, and other devastating losses and upheavals, Terra McDaniel offers a clear framework for expressing heartache and burdens.

Written while Alexander was in his 70s, the five letters in this booklet candidly acknowledge the trials of aging, while at the same time offering biblical encouragement and hope for the Christian facing death. Alexander considers the "autumn of life" from the perspective of its struggles, its besetting sins, its duties, its unstoppable journey toward death, and the assurance the believer in Jesus Christ can have as death approaches. Everyone will profit from Alexander's wise counsel, especially those past mid-life.