God's Word to a Widow's Heart
Daily Hope to Overcome Personal Loss
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January 6
Comfort for the Waste Places
Isaiah 51:3:
For the LORD will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places, and He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
This verse brings great comfort and hope to anyone who is hurting. We have all experienced hurtful situations where we need to be comforted. God promises us that comfort. Many of us have experienced waste places where it seems nothing can be salvaged from a life that was once full and vibrant. We may even have had to cut our losses and start anew in an unfamiliar place. Some of us have gone through dry places where it seems no life could grow. These are the very situations and places God promises to comfort.
God allowed Zion (Jerusalem) to be taken into captivity. He allowed the waste places, the wilderness, and the desert places to take over what was once a blessed, vibrant, flourishing city devoted to Him. It was never His intention, however, to leave her in such a condition. He fully purposed to restore her with joy and gladness, thanksgiving and melodious song.
If you find yourself in a dry, wasteful wilderness today, look up. God does not intend to leave you there! He who has promised is faithful! Has He not done great things for you before? He still waits to show Himself strong in your barren places. A garden doesn't grow in one day. Wait for His harvest, and watch with eager expectation of good. Joy and gladness will soon come to you, and you will break forth with thanksgiving and melodious song. If you never experience the dry, lonely, barren places, you will never come to appreciate the blessing.
Have a blessed day!
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In God’s Word to a Widow’s Heart, author Ronda Little Martin provides daily inspiration from God’s Word for those recovering from personal loss. A widow herself, Martin is the cofounder of PHOEBE Connections, which connects widows for fellowship and service. This collection gathers the daily devotionals that she writes each day to the widows of PHOEBE Connections based upon her own devotion time with God. They are designed to inspire, strengthen, comfort, and encourage widows in their journey to overcome grief and to gain new identity and purpose in Jesus Christ.
Martin spends the early part of each morning reading and personally applying God’s Word. She then shares whatever message of inspiration He gives her with the ladies of PHOEBE Connections via e-mail, social media, and the PHOEBE website. Therein, she seeks to fulfill Paul’s command in 2 Corinthians 1:4 to “comfort those who are in any kind of affliction through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
From “Determine to Sing a New Song” to “Just Keep Asking,” God’s Word to a Widow’s Heart can strike a chord with anyone who is dealing with profound, personal loss.
About the Author
Ronda Little Martin is a widow and cofounder of PHOEBE Ministries, which connects widows with each other for fellowship and service in their local church and community. She and her teenage son live in Lebanon, Tennessee, where she works as an educational assistant and a freelance Christian writer.