She equips churches, families and friends to come alongside those mourning the loss of a spouse. She provides the reader with direction in finding true and lasting comfort in Christ and encourages widows to use their widowhood for God's glory. Writing from a biblical perspective, Carol Cornish helps readers to discover how God is working in the midst of the deep distress of losing a spouse. Her unswerving belief is that God can bring them - like her - to a place of renewed identity, purpose and contentment. Drawing on this experience she offers other widows honest, practical and biblical help. I heartily recommend it!” - Elyse M.On losing her husband to lung cancer, Carol Cornish was surprised by the depth and the unique nature of her grief. The Undistracted Widow will help you see him, will draw your gaze up to the One who has gone before you, and will help you trust again. Yes, these pages are tear-stained, but more importantly, they are stained with the blood of a suffering Savior who is walking with you now. Out of her deep grief and deeper faith, Carol has written a book that will comfort, guide, and encourage you as you face the day-alone, but not really alone. What isn’t expected is the sincere faith and profound devotion illustrated on these pages. Yes, this is the probable future for most of us in fact, many of you may already be there. For those who have been blessed with a solid, lifelong marriage, the processes of loss will be especially varied, prolonged, and exquisitely painful. “Most wives will taste the grief of widowhood. Welch, Counselor and Faculty Member, Christian Counseling & Education Foundation Neither my wife nor I are in those categories yet, but one of us will probably be there someday, and I want her book to be close by.” - Edward T. It is a one-stop book that is as relevant to widowers as it is to widows. My plan was to pass the book on to a widow, which I will still do, but now I will be sure to have a copy handy. I was confident that whatever she wrote about being a widow would be clear, practical, and filled with wonderful encouragement to keep turning to Jesus, and it was all that and more. “I read Carol's book because I knew her before Rollie died. She co-edited and co-authored Women Helping Women, which was a finalist for the Gold Medallion Book Award. CORNISH has been a biblical counselor for over 20 years and is a regular speaker at women’s seminars, workshops, and retreats. Learning to Be Content in Your CircumstancesĪppendix 2: The Local Church and Its WidowsĪppendix 3: The Gospel of the Lord Jesus ChristĬAROL W.Learning from Examples of Contemporary Widows.Learning from Examples of Biblical Widows.Any woman who is grieving the loss of her husband, or who knows of someone in mourning, will find this to be a valuable resource. Pastors, churches, and others will benefit from practical appendices. Cornish helps readers trust in God, manage emotions, learn from both biblical and contemporary widows, rethink the past, present, and future, and prepare for what’s next. The Undistracted Widow includes sections to help widows find renewed identity and purpose. Ministry to widows needs to be a priority for Christian communities, and Cornish equips churches, families, and friends to come alongside those mourning the loss of a spouse. Cornish, who lost her husband of 38 years to lung cancer, encourages widows to use their widowhood for God’s glory. She provides the reader with direction in finding true and lasting comfort in Christ.
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