Today, Teske is offering hope when grief consumes, plus there is a giveaway! Woot!
There have been times in life when I’ve experienced an all-consuming grief so deep that I wondered whether I’d ever trudge my way out. I’ve hurt so deeply at times; questioning the meaning and purpose of life. Can you relate? Have you ever been consumed with despairing emotions or by dismal circumstances?
A variety of circumstances have led me to such deep despair…
As a teen, I betrayed of my best friend. A betrayal so profound that it ended our friendship for a time. Consumed with shame…
As a young woman, rocked by the untimely death of a step-brother who was killed by a drunk driver. I went for months without sleeping at night because I was too afraid of the nightmares that greeted me in my slumber. Consumed with fear…
As a young mom, pregnant with my second child, only to hear the doctor utter these words at a routine, 20-week ultrasound: “Your baby is going to die.” Chloe was diagnosed with a chromosomal abnormality; incompatible with life. Consumed with grief…
It was this experience of grief that directed me to the One who would soon consume my heart and soul. As I contemplate this ordeal; the experience of carrying a baby within who would die, and who did die, just 45 minutes after her birth, I am comforted by Lamentations 3:19-24, which reads:
“I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.’”
It was God, who lavished His great love upon me that gave me hope. It is His continued, unwavering, unfailing love that gives me hope today. In the overwhelming consumption of grief, amidst heartache so deep, I came to realize that I couldn’t walk that road alone. So I turned to the One who longed to walk me through it…my Father, who knew the pain of grief as He gave His only Son, Jesus. What love! According to 1 John 4:9-10, the biblical definition of love is this:
“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
And because of such love, we are not consumed! Rather, there is hope. Hope in living, not merely existing. Hope in Jesus, who is our hope. And as we let His love consume us – every part of us – there is Hope for Today, Promises for Tomorrow…my new book. And today, we are giving away a copy to one of you lovely ladies. Focused on God’s promises as they relate to the experience of miscarriage or infant loss, I pray that these pages bring you or a friend incredible comfort and consume you with hope.
Teske Drake is a Mommy with Hope to three babies in heaven, mom to two on earth, and wife to her one and only. Above all, she’s a daughter of the King! Her new book, Hope for Today, Promises for Tomorrow: Finding Light Beyond the Shadow of Miscarriage or Infant Loss, is now available. She shares hope at Mommies with hope.
And as a bonus, Teske is giving away a copy of her brand new book:
Kim Sorgius
Kim is just a girl, crazy in love with Jesus. She's a single mother of 4, a passionate homeschooler and life-long student. After teaching 8 years in public school, she traded her M.A. in Early Childhood for sippy cups and homeschool co-ops. Kim is the owner and editor of The Homeschool Village and Not Consumed where she encourages others to rest victoriously in the hands of God, rather than allowing life's difficult circumstances to consume.
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I can definitely relate to these feelings. God has turned the grief of miscarriage into a way to use that experience to comfort other women. I love how He uses the worst experiences for His glory. I’m so thankful He’s holding my sweet one now. Thanks for sharing this!
And thank You, Amy, for allowing God to turn your trial into a testimony! Teske
Your post was a blessing to me! Thank you Teske for sharing! Not only is my name Hope, but I am a Mommy with Hope in Jesus, the One whose love never fails! I am also Mommy to 3 babies in Heaven, and two on earth, so this post really resonated with me. Thank you again for being a blessing!
Hope! Thank you for your encouraging words and for sharing a snippet of your story. Bless you, precious Mommy!
We need more honest books like this.
a story i know only too well…. 4 babies in heaven. can’t wait to see them
What a joyful reunion that will be!
I would love to read your book! I just experienced a miscarriage a few weeks ago, and it certainly has made me look forward with hope to the time I get to see my baby in heaven! Amanda
So sorry to hear this, Amanda. Cling to God’s promises for you, sweet friend. Praying for you now!
Thank you for these words today! This has been a week of greiving for me – various things including for a friend who just buried her baby. These were comforting words and a good reminder.
Having lost my brother when I was a teenager, this article really gave me insight into the mother’s perspective. So thankful for such hope!
I’m also the mama of two little souls in heaven and 5 here on earth. We always give our little ones “womb names” before they are born, since we don’t find out the gender before they are born. After 2 m/c last year, I had said that we would name the next one “Hope”, so this really resonates with me on a completely different level. “Hope” will be 2 weeks old tomorrow!
Thanks so much for sharing!
LOVE this…pregnant again after losing my daughter at 15 weeks. What hope we have in Christ!
Praying for you, sweet friend!
I have one baby in heaven, 4 here with me yet that pain never leaves, it just gets easier. It’s just an emptiness that gets filled with hope. May this book bring hope to someones heart.
Filled with hope….Amen!
I just want to thank you for what you do. I have a friend who I believe this book would help so much, and the insight from others who have gone through this. I’m so thankful for people who use what they’ve learned from their pain to help others going through the same thing. God bless you!!!
Thanks for your encouragement, Alicia! May God bless you as you come alongside your grieving friend and may He cover her with His comfort!
I have a friend that has recently gone through something quite similar with their little one :/ Their lives are a true testimony of His goodness!
Amen!
We are all consumed by so many things in this life, Kim. So thankful we have a Father who can lift us out of the bog of consumption we crawl into and resurrect our life in more ways than one. Love your comment: “It was this experience of grief that directed me to the One who would soon consume my heart and soul.” I have experienced the same. Thanks for writing these beautiful words. Blessings.