Grief Devotional

Have you found yourself feeling bogged down by disappointment? Unfulfilled expectations, unanswered prayers, financial hardships, unwanted singleness, and heartbreaking infertility - these unmet longings are just a few examples of the barren places people experience. When life is hard and we feel barren, we sometimes struggle to see that God is good toward us. Drawing from biblical insight while telling stories from her own life experiences, Betsy shares how she has seen the goodness of God in big and small ways. She believes that even in the most difficult of situations, we can see God's ...

Renew your appreciation for the breathtaking beauty that surrounds us in life's simplest details. Encouraging you to reflect even deeper on the concepts explored in her bestselling book One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp offers sixty wisdom-soaked devotions, complete with scriptures, prayers, and reflection questions.

A Story of Unwavering Love, Unthinkable Loss, and Unshakable Faith For 25 years, Pastor John E. Miller and his wife, Carla, devoted their lives to caring for their son, Peter Flint Miller—a child with special needs who depended on them for everything. Every four hours, every single day, their love took the form of feeding, bathing, dressing, and comforting their son. But on March 8, 2025, Peter took his final breath, and their world changed forever. In Grace in the Hard Places, John and Carla share their raw, personal journey through caregiving, grief, and the faith that sustained them. ...

In times of suffering, simple answers often ring empty and hollow - so how can you find hope in hard times? Learn how to survive the difficult seasons with the comfort and of God's constancy. With sensitive, practical advice, Henri Nouwen gently points you toward a life that is grounded in God’s companionship and rooted within eternal hope. In this newly formatted edition, Turn My Mourning into Dancing discusses five movements we experience during hard times.

Life is fragile. But hope in Christ lasts forever. The Bible calls human life a vapor. A mist. A wisp of fog. A flower that springs up in the morning and fades away by mid-afternoon. We like to think we have years to pursue our goals, raise our families, and make a difference in the world. But we just don’t know. The fact is, our stay on earth is really very brief. And when a loved one unexpectedly steps out of this life into eternity, it shakes us to the core. We ask ourselves: Is heaven real?

31 Days Devotional: Prayers That Will Change Your Life Forever" Is a powerful prayer book that has brought miracles and positive transformations to millions of readers. This daily guide provides protection, breakthroughs, faith-building, and victory over challenges. It emphasizes the importance of daily communication with God and covers various aspects of life, including healing, marriage, financial prosperity, success, and overcoming disappointments. The book also addresses topics such as dealing with demons and witchcraft. With prophetic confessions and biblical support, it destroys the ...

The life of Colleen Chao was bright and beautiful—it was brimming with hope and possibility. She was a talented, confident, and ambitious young woman. So, Colleen never imagined that she’d swim through two decades of deep-water anxiety and depression. She didn’t guess that she’d marry late, suffer years of chronic pain and illness, and give birth to a child with health complications. In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God is born of the suffering that on its own could have crushed Colleen.

Unshakeable is a tiny book to pray you through the big stuff. Writing a book while waiting for a breakthrough was outside of my plans. However, the insights and treasures the Lord gave me in my shaky season were so loaded with wisdom and comfort that I knew I had to share them. Unshakeable was birthed in a period of weeping. It poured out of me with such ease, even though it hadn't been easy. As I hunkered into the shoulders of my King, I tethered myself to His strength. I knew that if I was entering a season of heartache, that only meant I was positioned for His nearness. If you picked ...

Life can be hard. Although there are moments of beauty and goodness, more often than not, life is marked by fear, struggle, disappointment, and loss. And we don't know what to do with it. We've tried to find hope and security in various people and places—but each has proved unworthy of our trust. We need more. Something—or Someone—who won't fail us when our world falls apart. In this book, beloved author and Bible teacher Michele Cushatt presents a better way.

When the anticipation of your child’s birth turns into the grief of miscarriage, tubal pregnancy, stillbirth, or early infant death, no words on earth can ease your loss. But there is strength and encouragement in the wisdom of others who have been there and found that God’s comfort is real. Having experienced three miscarriages and the death of an infant son, Kathe Wunnenberg knows the deep anguish of losing a child. Grieving the Child I Never Knew was born from her personal journey through sorrow.

Quilting Through Adversity: Finding Strength in Fabric and Thread is an inspirational collection of heartfelt stories celebrating the resilience of quilters who have stitched their way through life’s deepest valleys. Each chapter follows a different woman overcoming hardship—grief, illness, loneliness, loss, and more—through the steady, healing act of quilting. From Log Cabins to Cathedral Windows, every story centers around a symbolic quilt block and is paired with: 🧵 A Quilt Block Spotlight Page – complete with visual, history, and meaning 📖 A Thread of Truth – a ...

"When The Storms Come" is based on the Old Testament book of Job. It takes you through the high - and low - points in his life. Walk with Job and hs family and learn how to "take" trials in the power and strength of the Lord. This is a book that will move your heart and help you to rejoice in the midst of your pain. You will be blessed as you share these insights from Job's life and apply them to your own situation. What Others Have Said About This Book: A powerful spiritual guide to overcoming and healing emotional, physical, and professional crises. The book’s title is immediately ...

Anne affirms that Heaven truly is the home of your dreams: a home of lasting value that's fully paid for and filled with family, where you will be wanted and welcomed. Best of all, Heaven is a home you are invited to claim as your own. With over 40 percent new and revised content, Anne Graham Lotz has updated her classic book on Heaven for a whole new generation of listeners, and also for herself. With her father, mother, and husband now gone, Lotz beautifully adds her own vulnerability and stories to the journey contained in Heaven: My Father's House.

More than a decade ago, Jerry Sittser prayed for the protection of his family, yet three of his loved ones - his daughter, his wife, and his mother - died in an automobile accident. What went wrong? When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer takes an honest and probing look at the problem of unanswered prayer. In doing so, it draws us ever deeper into a relationship with the God who is the end of all our prayers, the object of our faith, and the one who fulfills our deepest longings.

This compassionate book acts as a daily devotional companion to hurting people. Designed for adult listeners of all ages and stages in the grieving process, it is sensitively written by an author who suffered three miscarriages and the death of an infant son. She knows from firsthand experience that there are no easy answers for those who mourn.

In this book of Devotions To Lighten Your Path, you will be strengthened, encouraged, fed, nourished spiritually, and receive spiritual guidance according to God's Holy Word, to help you in your walk with God, so you can remain strong and faithful to the Lord without falling away.May our hearts and eyes remain focused only on Jesus, the Sweet Lover of our souls!

When you're going through a season of grief, it's hard to fathom that there will be a day when you won't be hurting. Throughout Scripture we are taught to humble ourselves and love one another because empathy is born from loving our neighbor. If you've ever experienced loss, you're able to help others turn their grief into grace and create hope and purpose from what feels devastating and heartbreaking.

Have you ever found yourself in an unthinkable situation? Take the hand of Jesus and transform your pain into purpose. In "Unthinkable" Heather Bradley shares her deeply personal story of tragedy and the miraculous transformation that followed. In the darkest moment of her life, she found a hand reaching down, offering an exchange—suffering for healing, pain for freedom, and heartache for purpose. Through her journey, she discovered that by taking hold of Jesus’ hand, we can navigate the fiery trials of life and emerge stronger, filled with supernatural strength and confidence. In this ...

Over twenty years later, Dee was still in love with her charming Southern gentleman when he passed away suddenly in 2007. Determined to carry on Johnnie’s work, Dee earned her mortuary science degree, only to find herself no longer needed in the family business. So Dee crossed the racial divide in the most segregated industry in America and joined the staff of an African-American funeral home as a single white woman. In The Undertaker’s Wife, Oliver draws from her experience to provide candid advice on dying well and surviving the loss of those who have gone before.

Dear You, Here we are. Together. For whatever reason: only God knows. Maybe you heard me speak. Maybe a well-meaning friend gave you this book. Maybe you even bought it. Or maybe you found a copy in one of those cutesy, neighborhood book libraries, the ones that resemble chic little birdhouses? I may not be sure how you discovered this book, but I am sure of this: If you choose to read my scribbles, you will learn a bit of my story. It’s a tragic story, but one that’s buoyed by unexplainable joy. And my story has now interwoven with your story. Can I just tell you something? My ...