Happy New Year
Happy New Year EVERYONE!
With this new year comes a new book. I am throughly excited for what will be released in 5 months. Am I excited about the pain behind it? Not at all, but that pain produced a testimony and that testimony will produce an IMPACT.
As the holiday season has just passed, we often times think about those we love who have passed away and think on those moments with them and those emotions begin to surface. The loss of our babies was probably the most difficult time in our lives. We dealt with the losses differently but regardless of our process of grieving the emotions were the same. I was in denial, only for a short time, but then came anger. I was angry that my body failed me, angry that God would allow ALL of them to happen and angry that life had turned into a depressing saga.
It wasn't until a lady at our church said something one Friday night that sparked my mind and shifted me out of the depths of depression. She said, "...it's not about you." Now she wasn't directly talking to me but what she said was definitely for me, if not anyone else. My pain wasn't about me, it was about the light and hope found in Christ. It was about the strength that can only be found in Christ. It was about the light that should radiate from believers into this dark world that is overcome by lifes blows.
My life's challenges will be used as a testimony. It was a choice I made to continue on after our losses. You have to make a choice to trust God despite the rough times. You can't get a life back after it's lost, all you have are the memories and your response to it is what others will see and pull from.
Make the choice to press on and through the tears and the pain continue to trust in HIM and know, you're not alone in this.
May 2013, it's coming!
A Mother's Heart: The Heart of ther Matter
TeAndra A. Rhone
Happy New Year EVERYONE!
With this new year comes a new book. I am throughly excited for what will be released in 5 months. Am I excited about the pain behind it? Not at all, but that pain produced a testimony and that testimony will produce an IMPACT.
As the holiday season has just passed, we often times think about those we love who have passed away and think on those moments with them and those emotions begin to surface. The loss of our babies was probably the most difficult time in our lives. We dealt with the losses differently but regardless of our process of grieving the emotions were the same. I was in denial, only for a short time, but then came anger. I was angry that my body failed me, angry that God would allow ALL of them to happen and angry that life had turned into a depressing saga.
It wasn't until a lady at our church said something one Friday night that sparked my mind and shifted me out of the depths of depression. She said, "...it's not about you." Now she wasn't directly talking to me but what she said was definitely for me, if not anyone else. My pain wasn't about me, it was about the light and hope found in Christ. It was about the strength that can only be found in Christ. It was about the light that should radiate from believers into this dark world that is overcome by lifes blows.
My life's challenges will be used as a testimony. It was a choice I made to continue on after our losses. You have to make a choice to trust God despite the rough times. You can't get a life back after it's lost, all you have are the memories and your response to it is what others will see and pull from.
Make the choice to press on and through the tears and the pain continue to trust in HIM and know, you're not alone in this.
May 2013, it's coming!
A Mother's Heart: The Heart of ther Matter
TeAndra A. Rhone
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