From Grief to Grace
From Grief to Grace

Author: Jeannie Ewing

Publisher: Sophia Institute Press

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1622822943

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Grief touches all of our lives, but it does not have to paralyze us with fear or inaction. God allows suffering because He knows how powerful it can be to our spiritual lives and to helping us fully embrace His love and mercy. In this insightful and practical book, you’ll learn how to live a life of redemptive suffering that will draw you through grief into a state of tenacity, meaning, holiness, and joy. Author Jeannie Ewing is no stranger to suffering. Her family has long struggled with bipolar disorder and depression, and her baby daughter was born with a rare genetic disorder that caused her bones to prematurely fuse together. Despite the many layers of sadness, loss, confusion, and anger, Jeannie responded to God’s calling and transformed her life into one with profound purpose and joy. Combining her training in psychology and counseling with real-life examples, Jeannie will show you that there is much life to be lived in the midst of loss, and that all things – even the most painful life experiences – are working together for a greater good. You’ll also learn: The all-too-often misunderstood difference between grief and depression.The spiritual benefits to uniting your crosses with Jesus’s Passion and Death.The counterintuitive notion that grief and joy can coexist.The spiritual danger of internalizing our pain and hiding it from othersHow great saints like St. John of the Cross and St. Therese of Liseux struggled to make sense out of suffering.The six spiritual principles that will assist you on the journey of navigating grief.How to know when you should seek professional help.Ways in which God is calling you to bring hope and joy to those dwelling in darkness.How to confidently confront the nothingness and emptiness you feel in your interior life.And Meditations on the Stations of the Cross, the Sorrowful Mysteries, and the Seven Sorrows of Mary that will help you reflect on how redemptive suffering can help you embrace God’s love and mercy.

From Grief to Grace
From Grief to Grace

Author: Tonya R Godwin-Baines

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-02

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781612449302

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This book is birthed out of the greatest trial of my life. I lost my daddy, Robert Godwin Sr. in front of the entire world via Facebook Live on Resurrection Sunday April 17, 2017. From this unimaginable pain, I lost my faith in God, distanced myself from church (became a backslider), and I was very angry. Grief is a lifelong journey, and while I'm yet navigating its path, I'm directed by God to write about my pathway back to grace.

From Grief to Grace
From Grief to Grace

Author: Denisha Karme'

Publisher:

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781545666586

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This assignment from God overwhelmed my heart in a way that made me excited and terrified all at the same time. This book is meant to encourage and inspire someone to dream big. Childhood disappointments can be devastatingly traumatic and mold our character as we grow. Do we allow it to conquer us or do we rise up as a warrior and fight for a better life? From grief to grace was written through experiencing rejection, insecurities, self-doubt and heartache. Happiness and confidence were the final destination! To get there, I had to let my open wounds heal and become scars. Defeat was not an option and now my purpose is to bring hope into the lives of anyone who feels unworthy. You are enough. Grace has covered you. Take a giant leap of faith with me and step into the life God desires you to live.

From Grief to Grace
From Grief to Grace

Author: Janet Wright

Publisher:

Published: 2021-07-26

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781527299603

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From Grief to Grace My Call to Prayer Janet Wright is a beloved daughter of the most high, a mother with a voice whom God has called and raised up as a prayer warrior, intercessor, motivational speaker and Kingdom builder. In her tell-all book, Janet takes her readers on her powerful journey to freedom, after experiencing both sexual and physical abuse at a tender age from those she trusted. She writes about rejection and the grief of losing her first son to gun culture and crime, and how she became accustomed to the trials, tribulations and effects of trauma in her life. However, despite great turbulence, armed with her faith in God and filled with His word, Janet was able to pray her way through from grief to grace. Through these pages, a gripping story of hope, restoration and the power of God is demonstrated. For Janet, her circumstances threw her into the hands of the Lord when she did not have the strength to stand on her own. As she sought God with all her heart, she was met and comforted with His loving-kindness, joy, peace, and unmerited favour, which is grace. She learnt to forgive herself and those around her and to trust God's will over her life. God has healed her, and as a firm believer, she has proven that prayer changes things; her life is a testimony of victory through the power of prayer. -These are my thoughts, my feelings... -This is my heart -This is the pain -This is the love -This is the heartbreak -This is the healing -This is my story

Grace for Grief
Grace for Grief

Author: Michael Pink

Publisher: Nelson Bibles

Published: 1997-06

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 9780529104847

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This book, featuring a new cover, contains 365 Bible passages with heartfelt, prayer-like responses that express the anguish of the soul and cry of a grieving person during their first year of loss.

Healing Children's Grief
Healing Children's Grief

Author: Grace Hyslop Christ

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780195105919

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The author "relates the powerfully moving stories of eighty-eight families and their 157 children (ages 3 to 17) who participated in a parent-guidance intervention through the terminal illness and death of one of the parents from cancer."--Cover.

Grace Like Scarlett
Grace Like Scarlett

Author: Adriel Booker

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1493414119

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Though one in four pregnancies ends in loss, miscarriage is shrouded in such secrecy and stigma that the woman who experiences it often feels deeply isolated, unsure how to process her grief. Her body seems to have betrayed her. Her confidence in the goodness of God is rattled. Her loved ones don't know what to say. Her heart is broken. She may feel guilty, ashamed, angry, depressed, confused, or alone. With vulnerability and tenderness, Adriel Booker shares her own experience of three consecutive miscarriages, as well as the stories of others. She tackles complex questions about faith and suffering with sensitivity and clarity, inviting women to a place of grace, honesty, and hope in the redemptive purposes of God without offering religious clichés and pat answers. She also shares specific, practical resources, such as ways to help guide children through grief, suggestions for memorializing your baby, and advice on pregnancy after loss, as well as a special section for dads and loved ones.

Suffering Wisely and Well
Suffering Wisely and Well

Author: Eric Ortlund

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2022-02-07

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1433576511

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Why Suffering Exists: God's Purpose for Pain in the Life of Job and throughout Scripture Why does God allow suffering? The pain of suffering can be overwhelmingly mysterious, but the Bible does provide answers. Throughout Scripture, God allows trials in order to accomplish specific purposes in the lives of his people. When faced with suffering they experience spiritual growth; repentance from sin; or, as in the Old Testament story of Job, the chance to demonstrate devotion to God in the face of inexplicable agony. In Suffering Wisely and Well, Eric Ortlund explores different types of trials throughout Scripture, revealing the spiritual purpose for each and reassuring readers with God's promise of restoration. The majority of the book focuses on Job, one of the most well-known yet misunderstood stories of suffering. Ortlund thoughtfully analyzes the text chapter by chapter, including the doubt of Job's friends, God's response to Job's questions, and the meaning behind important imagery including references to Leviathan and Behemoth. Suffering Wisely and Well shows readers how to deepen their relationship with God during painful experiences in their own lives and how to comfort others who are hurting. Explores Lament and Redemption in Scripture: Helps readers understand how to interpret suffering from a Christian perspective Applicable: Each chapter ends with a "What Have We Learned?" summary Biblical Advice on Grief and Support: Teaches Christians how to avoid blame or legalism when addressing the suffering of others

Forbidden Grief
Forbidden Grief

Author: Theresa Karminski Burke

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780964895782

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This book is a review of the author's experience in counselling hundreds of women for abortion-related emotional problems. Dr Burke exposes the obstacles in the way of post-abortion healing, reviews the full range and depth of post-abortion adjustment problems, and illustrates how we can create a more understanding and healing society. -- book cover.

Beautiful and Terrible Things
Beautiful and Terrible Things

Author: Christian M. M. Brady

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1611649986

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Bible scholar Christian Brady, an expert on Old Testament lament, was as prepared as a person could be for the death of a child—which is to say, not nearly well enough. When his eight-year-old son died suddenly from a fast-moving blood infection, Brady heard the typical platitudes about accepting God's will and knew that quiet acceptance was not the only godly way to grieve. With deep faith, knowledge of Scripture, and the wisdom that comes only from experience, Brady guides readers grieving losses and setbacks of all kinds in voicing their lament to God, reflecting on the nature of human existence, and persevering in hope. Brady finds that rather than an image of God managing every event and action in our lives, the biblical account describes the very real world in which we all live, a world full of hardship and calamity that often comes unbidden and unmerited. Yet, it also is a world into which God lovingly intrudes to bring comfort, peace, and grace.