Brittany Allen, Author at Brittany Lee Allen

Looking Toward a New Due Date

If you're walking through a similar season, I pray you'd join me in focusing on a new due date--the one where we are due to be with Jesus forever, and the day we will meet our little ones in heaven.

January 16th 2018. The day our first child was due to enter the world. I realize it’s just an estimated date and they’re rarely correct, but it’s one I’ll never forget. I’m not naive enough to expect that today would be remembered by anyone other than me. Even my husband had to be reminded. It’s […]

9 Tips for a Deeper Study of God’s Word

While devos have their place, women would do well to strive for deeper immersion into the Word of God.

This article was originally published on Maple Alps Until recent years, you could have found me approaching bible study like most women. I’d flip to a Psalm or open up a devotional and spend about 5 minutes trying to apply it to my life. I craved something more, but just wasn’t equipped to do anything […]

The Baby Given to the Mom Who Miscarried

Many women are headed into Christmas with deep sorrow in their hearts. Some of us have arms that remain empty and others have arms less full than expected. I should be 8 months pregnant but the reality is, I just lost our second unborn child this year less than 2 months ago. I have a […]

Here Are a Few of My Favorite Things

So, what's more fun than talking about our favorite things?! Okay...lots of things are more fun... Oh well, for those who are interested, here are 10 of my favorite things right now. (Aside from coffee which is always my favorite thing.)

My fourth love (after God, my husband and my dog), is writing about deep theological truths. But with the holidays approaching, I wanted to keep it light so that I can spend more time healing from my recent miscarriages, enjoying my friends and family, and savoring the season. So, what’s more fun than talking about […]

Even Now We Will Praise Him: The Story of the Children We Lost

So, even now, we will praise him. We will lift his name up and pray for strength to glorify him in this journey. Though it is hard and could hold even more loss, he doesn't waste an ounce of our pain. We are blessed. We are comforted. We are thankful.

Not many women feel led to share the details of their miscarriages. But as I look back on these last few months, I can’t help but share when I see all that God has done. My desire is that it would shine a light on God’s goodness in our suffering and the reality of miscarriage. […]

3 Things Christian Women Need to Know About Miscarriage

As the fog of grief slowly begins to lift after the loss of our unborn child, I’ve finally had a chance to think through the thoughts that have circulated in my mind for months. The more clearly I see, the more urgency I feel for women to truly understand what happens in the throes of […]

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