WIDOWS ENCOURAGING WIDOWS

We get it, we are walking this journey also. It is not an easy journey; it is filled with some surprising highs and an excruciating number of gut-wrenching lows. We want to share with you how we have seen God’s grace repeatedly in our lives. Our prayer is that you will be encouraged and strengthened by the unwavering faithfulness of God as revealed in our stories.

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV

DISCOVER GOD’S PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE

One of the questions we often ask ourselves when our spouses pass away is “If I am no longer a wife, what is my purpose now?” We invite you to partner with us to discover how God will continue to guide you in fulfilling the primary purpose for your life.

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 20:24 ESV

WHAT CAN I DO?

Unfortunately, we often struggle with how to help widows through the grief process and they struggle with being able to tell you what they need. If we don’t know what to do, we have a tendency to shy away from the situation, we feel awkward and uncomfortable. We end up hoping someone else will do it. Caring for widows is not an optional activity, it is something God commands all of us to do.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
1 Timothy 5:4 NIV

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
James 1:27 ESV

Please allow us the privilege of guiding you on some helpful do’s and don't's based on our experiences, so that you feel more equipped to help.

HOW CAN THE CHURCH HELP?

Like family and friends, the local church also struggles with how to support widows beyond the initial stages of grief. Our goal is to assist the local church in providing excellent care - not only during the initial stages- but also as they continue to grow in their faith.

INTENTIONALLY EQUIP WIDOWS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR CHURCH & COMMUNITY

Although we hate to admit it, widows are often perceived as a drain on the church body, not as a valuable member with much to contribute. As God has built our community of widows in our ministry we have experienced first hand the incredible blessings that can be realized when widows are equipped and encouraged to share their faith. Many times at our conferences we have been reminded of the story of Moses and his radiant face after he encountered God. When you have the opportunity to worship with widows who are pouring out their praises through song, through testimonies, and through serving others, you get to see the radiance reflected from being close to God. It is an incredibly beautiful thing and the body of Christ and our communities need to see these members as they reflect God’s love!

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
Ephesians 4:14-16 ESV

Please allow us the privilege of guiding you on some helpful ways you can equip widows to share their stories and help your church grow.