Through Tears to Triumph

by John Wallace Stephenson

Publisher:

Regular Baptist Press

, 2002

Overview

A stanza of an old gospel song states,

The Saviour can bear ev'ry sorrow, In Him there is comfort and rest; No matter how great the affliction, He only permits what is best.

Every sorrow? Even shock? numbness? guilt? anger? memories? loneliness? sleeplessness? exhaustion? Even losing your beloved spouse and child? Is there a way to go through any calamity and come out on top? Will deep wounds heal?

Wally Stephenson has been there. He lost both his wife and his daughter in a car accident. He has felt every sorrow. And his story proves that there is a way through tears to triumph.

Whether you are going through deep sorrow yourself or want to help someone else who is, Wally's story gives insight into and suggestions about surviving a tragedy. Wally shares his struggles in coping with the initial shock and numbness of disaster, overcoming guilt and anger, dealing with past memories and loneliness, and managing the physical symptoms of shock, sleeplessness and exhaustion. His experiences--and his triumph-- will renew your trust in the Lord's goodness and ever-present comfort and will help you, or a friend, move through tears to triumph.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Planning and action are necessary to combat loneliness.” (Page 92)

“God heals the pain of loss through the Scriptures.” (Page 61)

“May I suggest to friends of grievers that you restrain your curiosity for details. Someone grieving and in a state of shock is not the person to ask a lot of peripheral and hypothetical questions.” (Page 24)

“Isaiah 51:12 reads, ‘I, even I, am he that comforteth you.’ Chapter 66, verse 13, states, ‘As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.” (Page 26)

“‘Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with your might.’” (Page 42)

Product Details

• Title: Through Tears to Triumph: God’s Gracious Help through Grief and Sorrow
• Author: John Wallace Stephenson
• Publisher: Regular Baptist Press
• Print Publication Date: 2002
• Logos Release Date: 2005
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Widowers › Canada--Religious life; Bereavement; Consolation; Baptists › Canada--Clergy--Bibliography
• Resource ID: LLS:TEARSTRMPH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-24T16:41:21Z

About John Wallace Stephenson

John Wallace Stephenson served as a church planter and pastor in Ontario, Canada, for twenty-nine years. In 1991 he joined the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) and served in South Africa. Since 1996, he has been involved in ABWE's Compassionate Ministries.