Our story
Joyful Strength Ministries started November 2023 a couple of months after my second miscarriage. My book, Joy, was two weeks from releasing and I felt God tug my heart in the direction of starting a ministry for loss mamas. Miscarriage/baby loss/pregnancy after loss can be a lonely road. There are support groups online and often in bigger cities, but there were few in my area.
God has equipped me through my loss and His glory, and I hope to provide comfort to loss mamas, whether they are walking through a loss, are trying to conceive, are carrying their rainbow, or have decided they aren’t trying anymore.
Our mission verse
. . . And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. – Nehemiah 8:10
This verse speaks to my heart each time I read it. No matter where we are in our journey as loss mama’s, we know grief. But through that grief, we can learn to lean on Jesus. The Lord gives us strength, and it is His joy that sustains us. Whether we go on to have a rainbow baby or not, we seek our strength in our Heavenly Father.
Our hearts will always yearn for the little one who we had to give to Jesus for safekeeping, but we are allowed to find joy while still on earth. Let that be an encouragement to you 🤍
Our book
. . . this is a rainbow pregnancy. The rain doesn’t disappear, but the sun is definitely there.
Pregnancy after loss can be a daunting, tentatively hopeful adventure as hope, fear, and anxiety battle for supremacy for nine months. Through Scripture, personal anecdotes, and journaling space, Storm Shultz beautifully guides readers through her own rainbow pregnancy; from the amazing moments to the hard ones.
Joy is a book for mamas who miss their heaven-resident babies and can’t wait for their rainbow babies to arrive. Within these thought-provoking pages, Joy will inspire readers to rest in our heavenly Father and remember that on this journey, you are neither alone nor abandoned by the Lord. He will sustain you through this valley.
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