Even in the devastation of miscarriage, we can find evidence of God’s sustaining grace and redemption hope to cling to.

Though we each experience unique pains in motherhood, the cross gives us common ground to stand on as we look to Jesus for comfort and strength.

Because Christ has taken our shame to the cross, we can live free from condemnation—even when childlessness seems to define or isolate us.

In the pain and uncertainty of pregnancy loss, lament can be a means of worship, drawing us close to the Father of mercies.

Scripture shows us how to bring our questions to God in the wake of miscarriage, trusting his promises of redemption and seeking to honor him in our grief.

In our pain and grief, lament leads us back to trusting the grace of God.

Here are three of the most effective expressions of care that you can offer a friend in the wake of pregnancy loss.

We can be thankful for the children we have and grieve the ones we have lost—trusting that God works all things for our good.

Mother’s Day can be a time to mourn over what is broken, rejoice over what is good, and look forward to God’s final redemption.

When brokenness is all around us, can we still be content? Through Christ, we can.

Grief without the gospel leads to despair, but Christian grief holds onto hope. We know sin and death will one day end because we have the surety of Christ’s resurrection.

I’m a mom, though I may not look like it to the world. My shopping cart holds no toddler, my arm totes no diaper bag, but my heart is full of love for two children I never met.

Some of you may look like a mom of two, when really you have three babies. Others have multiple children in heaven with only one visible babe on earth. And let’s not forget the ache of those struggling with infertility.

Our stories are different, but our arms seem emptier than we expected.

How do we thrive in a season of loss and grief this deep? Is it even possible?

In Psalm 13, David gives us a glimpse inside the heart of a believer facing suffering. His lament and subsequent praise remind us you can be wholly grieved and experience pure joy at the same time. When our joy is founded in Jesus and the gospel, we’re free to lament the deep losses of life with eyes fixed on him.

In the Bible, thriving often looks a lot like growing. It’s often painful to feel the changes and stretches within my heart as God sanctifies me through trials. But this is good news, because it means the Christian can grow and even thrive in any season or circumstance.

As I walk through this ongoing season of waiting and longing, with the grief that follows closely behind, my heart nestles into this beautiful truth: we can do nothing apart from Jesus.

It is only through abiding in Christ that we face each day with hope. Only through Christ are we able to rejoice with others as we feel our own sorrow. It’s impossible for us to respond to the woes of the world without being connected to the vine.

Let’s strive to abide in Jesus through any season of suffering through diligently studying his word, approaching his throne in prayer, and fellowshipping with our local church bodies.

He will meet you there.