Hope When Your Heart Breaks: Navigating Grief and Loss

By Michael W. Newman

Book Overview

Honest help for grief's messiest moments--short, Christ-centered readings that meet you in anger, exhaustion, guilt, and shattered dreams, offering steady comfort and a way to keep walking.

Pastor and author Michael W. Newman has walked with countless people through death, divorce, disappointment, and trauma. Counselors, pastors, and caregivers commend this devotional as a gentle guide for messy, real-life loss.

Each brief chapter tackles one struggle at a time: anger, deep sadness, helplessness, shame, feeling forgotten, hating your situation, or being too tired to cry. Through vivid stories from Scripture--Joseph in prison, Naomi in wreckage, Hannah in anguish, Peter in bitter failure--you see a God who walks into the chaos, not around it.

Every reading points you to a psalm, asks honest questions, and gives you a simple prayer for days when words won't come.

Inside you'll find:

52 short, stand-alone readings for fragile moments "Words for Healing" sections pairing emotions with specific Psalms Gentle prompts for journaling, counseling, or small groups Faith-filled perspective for chronic pain, vanquished dreams, and unwelcome change

If grief has left you feeling lost and alone, let these pages sit beside you and quietly point you toward steady hope. Start reading today and let God meet you right where it hurts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0758658567
• ISBN13: 9780758658562
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"