Brittany Allen
Brittany Allen is a wife to James and a mom to two boys as well as three babies lost to miscarriage. She and her husband are members of Centerville Christian Fellowship. She’s the author of Lost Gifts: Miscarriage, Grief, and the God of All Comfort and Free to Weep: Finding the Courage to Grieve and Embracing the God Who Heals. You can find more of her writing at brittleeallen.com or subscribe to Treasuring Christ Newsletter on Substack.
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3 Ways Poor Theology About Suffering Hurts People
God is our Father, and a gentle one, at that. He pays such close attention to our grief that David wrote, “You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?” (Ps. 56:8).
Learning Biblical Lament Through Miscarriage
Lament is how we turn to God in prayer when faced with the sorrow of miscarriage. If we don’t know how to do this or aren’t willing to open our hearts to God in this way, we miss out on the joy of communion with him and experiencing his comfort.
To the Mother with Empty Arms
You’ve received the gift of a child but didn’t get to live out your motherhood further than the womb. Hear me when I say, you are a mother. You carried your baby, and now God will carry you through grief.
A Pure Heart In A World Of Passions: The Seventh Commandment
If I remind myself daily that I am the temple of the Holy Spirit—that I am not my own, but was bought with a price—then I will be equipped to glorify God in my body, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Crushing Weight of a Wrong Identity
Fully embracing the doctrine of imputation and my new identity in Christ has taken me from navel-gazing to beholding my Lord.
