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"All of us experience loss. Some of us have lost a spouse, or a child, our parents, a beloved pet, a dear friend, or neighbor. In the pandemic, we have lost hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States and around the world. Many of us have lost our livelihoods. All of us have lost our familiar daily routines and textures of work, family, and community. And the losses are not over. Opening to Grief is a companion to this tender time. With the...
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"It's amazing how heavy the weight of emptiness can feel, how much room it can take up in our souls, how much pain can be caused by something that isn't even there. But while we may see the emptiness of our lives as our greatest problem, that's not how God sees it. When God looks into the empty places of our lives, He sees His greatest opportunity"--Back cover.
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Healing Words to Help You Through Your Loss. Go on and cry a river. Let it rain down like tears from heaven. And let it cleanse and carry you to the arms of those who will be strong for you. After losing his beloved fiancé in a tragic car accident, musician and author Billy Sprague understands the loneliness, heartbreak, and pain of losing a loved one. And he wants to help. Stepping out of the shadow of his own loss, Billy penned these heartfelt...
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"What does the bible say about eternal life? This book will whimsically whisper the truth of God's Word to share hope for life beyond life, in heaven. The Way to the Heavenly Ball is a story created to help those who have lost a loved one, based on the truth of John 3:16. It is a celebration of heaven all because of God's one and only Son!"--
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"Why would a loving and powerful God allow so much pain and suffering? In WHY SUFFERING? Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale carefully walk you through a variety of responses that considered together provide a clear, comprehensive, and convincing answer. Responses like: Where there is the possibility of love, there has to be the reality of freedom, and therefore the possibility of pain. Wishing God had made a different world is to wish yourself out of...
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All around us, older women flourish in industry, entertainment, and politics. Do they know something that we don't, or are we all just trying to figure it out? For so many of us, our hearts and minds still feel that we are twenty-something young women who can take on the world. But in our bodies, the flexibility and strength that were once taken for granted are far from how we remember them. Every day we have to rise above the creaky joints and achy...
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When four year old Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren't expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the following months, a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy's trip to heaven and back. This true story, retold by his father but using Colton's uniquely simple words, offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as...
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Have you recently lost your husband? Are there days when you feel so terribly alone--and that no one else could possibly understand? Author Gayle Roper understands. As a recent widow herself, Gayle writes: So who am I now that there's only one place at the table...one pillow with a head dent, one damp towel after a shower. There's only one toothbrush in the holder. The seat is never left up anymore. I can still write Mrs. in front of my name, but...
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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**
Her story. His story. The love story of Joey and Rory.
By inviting so many into the final months of Joey’s life as she battled cancer, Joey and Rory Feek captured hearts around the world with how they handled the diagnosis; the inspiring, simple way they chose to live; and how they loved each other every step of the way. But there is far more to the story.
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Children have always been close to the heart of God. It is when children are sick, even dying, that they can suddenly bring us closer to God ourselves. Children's minister and former children's hospital chaplain Leanne Hadley has been ministering to hurting children for years. In Touching Heaven, she recounts the poignant stories and simple faith of the remarkable children she has been privileged to serve. She shares their encounters with God, Jesus,...
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If God loves us and is so powerful, why does God allow disease and natural disasters, as well as terrorism and other human atrocities?
What are some true stories of Catholics today who faced significant suffering and now see the good that God brought from it?
Catholic Stories of Faith and Hope provides a Catholic response to the big question, "Why would a loving God allow evil, pain, and suffering?" This includes exploring why God would allow...
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Building character is the most important matter in life. Little matters the works that a man can leave in the world; your true success is measured by what you have built over the years into your very being. True character must be built according to divine standards. The life of each man is a plan of God. There is a divine purpose regarding it that we must fulfill. In the Scriptures we find the patterns for all parts of the character, not only for...
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Whether you've lost a child, a loved one, or your health to some devastating illness, pandemic, or accident; Or even losing your home, job, income, or perhaps your reputation... Losing whatever is precious to you can be devastating. It may comfort you to know that God, the Master Artist of our lives is there with you tweaking all that Satan intends for evil, to give you hope and to turn you into the masterpiece God knows you are.
Skillfully pulling...
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By now I'm sure you have walked into a room and felt as though something was going on in the room that no one wanted to or dared talk about. But the unspoken remained just as present as the individuals present. The older folks would sometimes say, "you can cut the tension with a knife", as though tension was a physical object. Truth is, feelings and emotions can sometimes be so strong their energy creates a sense of a personified presence in a room....
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God's grace truly keeps pace with whatever we face.
As a nineteen-year-old bride, I left my family farm excited to begin my new life. Soon I faced a hard loss, and on the heels of that came many difficult years of caregiving and grief. Journey with me through the sorrows that taught me to find purpose in my pain and to count it all joy. In the pages that follow, I share glimpses of His amazing grace intertwined throughout my hard seasons and the tools...
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Life has invited us on an ever-changing journey.
Have you experienced the loss of a loved one? Has the shock and intensity of grief overshadowed your faith?
Crossing the Bridge to Hope and Heaven is one person's story about navigating through a season of grief and sorrow. The chapters reveal the authors "mile markers" that advance her from the initial impact to a destination beyond grief.
You are invited to reflect and write your own story. Journal...
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Following her New York Times bestselling Glimpses of Heaven, Trudy Harris has collected even more true stories of the tender beauty and pain of life's end. Through her own stories and those of medical professionals and hospice workers, Harris brings readers with her on the search for God, forgiveness, faith, repentance, and ultimate acceptance and peace. The perfect gift for someone who has experienced the death of a loved one, More Glimpses of Heaven...
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