Heartbreak to Strength Blog
Helping you find hope, joy, and purpose in your unexpected storms. Friend, I cannot promise that life will be storm-free, but I can promise that God will be faithful in the middle of the storm. He was for me, and I know He will for you. My prayer is that you will find encouragement and hope each week through my Heartbreak to Strength blog.
How Silencing the Lies of Our Past Helps Free Us
“How about a hand for the winning team over here!” I yelled above the zipping backpacks and moving desks, Students clapped politely, and with five minutes left in class, the review games were over. Christmas…
Trusting Romans 8:28- God Can Use Your Pain For Good
My story is one of love and loss, pain and hope, and ultimately, of healing through faith. It begins like many stories—with dreams and plans for a happy, fulfilled life. I grew up in a…
When Your Choices Feel Overwhelming, God Holds You Together
Through all my heartbreak, God is the one that holds me together. I can’t take the credit for when it looks like I am strong, it is all God. I hold fast to my life…
How To Persevere in Faith When You Don’t Get the Miracle
During a church worship service, we watched a video that told a remarkable story. A pregnant couple learned horrible news at their first ultrasound: their baby appeared to have severe deformities. Specialists in nearby Philadelphia…
How Worshipping Together in a Holy Space Brought Healing
An excerpt from Chapter 18: He Sings to Me in Angie’s book: A Mother Like Me: A Story of Faith, Hope, and Love in Loss. “The LORD your God . . . will rejoice over…
God’s heart is to rescue, redeem, and restore you!
We sat cross-legged in the woods behind my neighbor’s house, leaves crunching beneath us. There, I spilled all the gory details. As a seven-year-old, I didn’t know it was called abuse. I just knew I…
How A Decade of Infertility Transformed Into A Powerful Testimony of Faith & Hope
For years, my husband and I dreamed of building a loving, vibrant family. As time passed, we were confronted with the heart-wrenching reality that starting a family was not as simple as we once envisioned….
Choosing Forgiveness When Your Heart Breaks Due to Friendship Loss
There is a saying many of us have heard that goes like this… “Some friends are in your life for a season, some for a lifetime.” If we have the privilege to have a real…
Important Lessons Learned About Heartbreak and Healing
Sometimes in life, we end up in seasons where we need healing. I’m in one right now. I didn’t want to be and didn’t see it coming. But isn’t that how most seasons of healing…