cancer / Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / Parenting / Trauma / Widowhood

When God Calls You Out

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The boat was not Peter’s safe place; Jesus was.

cancer / Child Loss / faith / Grief / Widowhood

2 years—cancer free!

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When I found out I had cancer only nine months after my husband died, I didn’t think I even wanted to survive it. I was numb. I was exhausted. I […]

cancer / Child Loss / faith / Grief / Widowhood

God Can, But What If He Doesn’t?

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What if …I don’t get a happy ending?…This pain doesn’t go away?…He answers my prayers with “No?”…Life never looks like I hoped?…I lose again? I know God can—but what. if. […]

Child Loss / faith / Grief / Parenting

In God We Trust: When God Calls You to Hard Things

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In God we trust. But what does that mean? I thought I knew, but I’m learning trust at a whole new level these days. For my first 21 years, I […]

Child Loss / faith / Grief

Childless on Mother’s Day

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Friend, if you are dreading Mother’s Day, I see you. Twenty-two years ago, we said our final goodbye in this life to our only child. My first Mother’s Day was […]

Child Loss / Christmas / Sermon

God With Us

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I’m not going to lie. It’s terribly tempting to feel sorry for myself this morning, as I think of so many families celebrating Christmas together today. But I opened my […]

Building Bridges / Child Loss / faith / Grief / Sermon

Is He Worth It?

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Yesterday, I sat on Jeremy’s grave and asked him to tell me how to do this without him. Of course, I didn’t expect him to answer. But God…. Early this […]