Status Updates From Lost Gifts: Miscarriage, Gr...

“One way we can allow God to bring about good from the bad is through his work in our own hearts as we learn to pour grace out on others while we seek to occasionally overlook offenses or graciously correct them.”

“Comparing losing our children to infertility is unfair to both miscarriage mamas and women who long to be mamas.”

Both p 138

Chapter 8 was the hardest chapter to read by far. The pain of miscarriage is just heartbreaking.

“Sometimes, it isn’t until we make it through a storm that we have eyes to see that God was the one who carried us the whole way.” (85)

I still have a few chapters left, but I have to say this book is so well done.

✅adore the personal poetry introducing every chapter
✅love the rich scripture applications and promises of God for those in Christ—with it written out and referenced
✅clearly articulates hope in what seems like a hopeless situation (applicable for any suffering)
✅so much appreciate the Psalm of Lament actually typed out
✅the Guided Lament feels personal and a good leaping point for my own lament

“Biblical lament is leading us somewhere. Rather than just complaining to complain, it’s the act of crying out to our loving Father for help. Lament leads the believer into deeper communion with God. Lament is worship.” (27)