Tracing God's faithfulness in grief
Helen Grace Lescheid
August 23, 2005

A Journey of Hope is a story of overcoming grief.

Wulff tells about her grandmother's heart-wrenching grief at the loss of her young husband and child. Further, she tells about her first husband's unspoken grief at the tragic death of his parents when he was only 15. Then Wulff goes on to share her own story of grief when losing her first husband to cancer. She's honest about her struggles of fear and anger and the feelings of loneliness and helplessness. She shows how some people helped and others hindered the process of grieving. She relates how each of ther teen children grieved in their on way.

"It is in our deepest pain, when we're totally helpess, we can choose to either be bitter or to throw ourselves on God," she writes.

Her own experience with grief has fueled a passion to help other grieving persons. In 1998, Wulff founded New Hope, a support organization that seeks to encourage widows and widowers.

"No matter how difficult life becomes, ther eis always hope because God is faithful and will help us throught it," she writes.

This book shows how God's redeeming love in the midst of grief turns a pinful ending into a new beginning.

Helen Grace Lescheid, author of three books and numerous articles, is a member of South Abbotsford MB Church, Abotsford.

Reprinted with permission from the The Mennonite Herald.