I'm About to Get Up!: Persevering Through Loss and Grief

by Julie Hunt

Overview

It’s easy to get off track when your heart is broken and your mind numb. When well-meaning people try to help, but instead say insensitive things that hurt and do not reflect the Word or heart of God.

Loss and grief can derail a life for years. I’m About to Get Up! is a transparent journey through loss and grief, unmasking the lies of the enemy.

This book will help you greatly if:

• loss has you in a firm grip and you can’t shake free
• you want to find a way out of brokenness
• you desire insight into what God says about death and loss
• you need tools to help someone else walking a long, dark path

Julie Hunt and her children lived through the weeks and months following The Rainy Day, when her best friend, husband David, in the prime of life, died following a horrific car crash. Julie woke up in the pit of despair morning after morning until the truth of God’s love transformed her perspective on death and loss, allowing her to hit the restart button on life. I’m About to Get Up! is a testimony to the faithfulness of God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942557753
Publisher:	Clovercroft Publishing
Publication date:	01/12/2017
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Julie Hunt is contagious! She infects people with hope, joy, and courage. Her open, warm, yet brave communication style encourages readers and listeners to GET UP and start living life! Julie is a former parenting columnist and creator/host of Smart Kids 101, a DVD-based life skills curriculum for kids. Join her at thejuliehunt.com and on Instagram @thejuliehunt

Table of Contents

Dedication 7

Acknowledgments 7

I'm About to Get Up! 11

Part 1

All-American Family 18

Ordinary, Rainy Morning 27

The Hospital 32

Saying Good-Bye 39

The Unknown Path 47

Wandering in Dreamland 53

Indecision 58

Visitation and Honoring David 65

Remembering David 69

God's Provision for Me: Amazing Family and Friends 74

The Places Only Special Friends Can Reach 78

The Tenderness of God: Valentine's Day 2004 81

The Terrible Journey of Horrible Sadness 84

My Unknown Future 88

Facing Up to the Firsts 94

When Grief Meets Reality 99

Two Lions Come to Live With Us 104

The Dance Steps of Grief: Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back 112

Working Through the Practicals 116

When People Try to Help, But Don't 123

The Unexpected Answer to My Prayers 130

Part 2

Hand Over the Burden (So No One Else Gets Hurt) 136

Keeping My Heart between the Lines of Love 142

You Get What You Ask For 147

If You Don't Change, Nothing will Change 151

Treasure Hunting with My Heavenly Father 155

Practicing What I Preach 162

When Grief Comes Back to Bite You, Again and Again 165

Sow In Tears, Reap In Joy! 168

Epilogue 175

Appendices 178

Endnotes 187

About The Author 188

What People are Saying About This

Dr Reggie Anderson

"God gives us all a journey. Some have a clear straight path while most of us have twist and turns on the road to Eternity. This very special book is one woman's journey of perseverance into and out of a turn of events she never ask for or wanted. As with Jesus on the cross,sometimes God allows things He hates to accomplish an outcome He loves. This book is a guidepost helping us all to look toward our loving Father even when it is hard to even see tomorrow. You ,the reader, will find peace and be blessed by sharing in this journey. "
- Dr. Reggie Anderson, author of Appointments with Heaven

From the Publisher

"God gives us all a journey. Some have a clear straight path while most of us have twist and turns on the road to Eternity. This very special book is one woman's journey of perseverance into and out of a turn of events she never ask for or wanted. As with Jesus on the cross,sometimes God allows things He hates to accomplish an outcome He loves. This book is a guidepost helping us all to look toward our loving Father even when it is hard to even see tomorrow. You ,the reader, will find peace and be blessed by sharing in this journey. " - Dr. Reggie Anderson, author of Appointments with Heaven