This Isn't the Story I Wanted
eBook - ePub

This Isn't the Story I Wanted

Grieving the Life You Lost and Trusting the God Who Stays

  1. 204 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

This Isn't the Story I Wanted

Grieving the Life You Lost and Trusting the God Who Stays

About this book

<p><b>What do you do when the life you planned is no longer the life you're living?</b></p><br>
<p>When loss doesn't come with a headline, a funeral, a condolence card, or a casserole?</p>
<p>When you're left wondering if God sees the invisible aches from dreams unraveling and life unfolding in ways you never imagined?</p>
<p>These are all deeply painful, grief-worthy losses.</p>
<p>Yet women hesitate to call these losses grief. We tend to compare our pain to someone else's and decide we should be stronger or over it by now. We may minimize or dismiss our feelings.</p>
<p>In <i>This Isn't the Story I Wanted</i>, therapist, social worker, and speaker Nicole Langman gently reminds you that grief isn't reserved for death alone. Written in short, devotional-style chapters, this book can be picked up whenever you need a moment of encouragement or hope.</p>
<p>With biblical wisdom, tender understanding, and a therapeutic approach, Nicole invites you to name your pain, process your losses, and discover that God is present even in the stories you never would have chosen.</p>
<p>Let yourself reimagine your grief—where the broken ground of your loss can become the very place God grows hope and a new chapter.</p><br><br>

<p>"<i>This Isn't the Story I Wanted</i> doesn't rush your healing; it walks you through it. Nicole offers something so many are searching for: real hope—anchored in truth—that with God we can endure and grow through even the hardest things."</p>
<p>—<b>Jenny Warfield</b>, founder of Servant Hearted Sisterhood and author of <i>Unfiltered</i></p>

Information

Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9780825453397

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. contents
  6. if you’re wondering if this book is for you
  7. how to read this book
  8. introduction: I don’t want you to go
  9. one: sorry
  10. two: identity
  11. three: pits
  12. four: permission
  13. five: focus
  14. six: intruders
  15. seven: stages
  16. eight: casseroles
  17. nine: sunrises
  18. ten: broken
  19. eleven: expectations
  20. twelve: disappointed
  21. thirteen: shame
  22. fourteen: lament
  23. fifteen: solidarity
  24. sixteen: relationships
  25. seventeen: reach
  26. eighteen: gratitude
  27. nineteen: forgiveness
  28. twenty: freedom
  29. conclusion: soul thoughts
  30. acknowledgments
  31. notes
  32. about the author

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