Quin Sherrer - Hope for a Widows Heart: Encouraging Reflections for Your Journey

Almost no woman knows how to wade through widowhood. However, Quin Sherrer has created an Rx for women who suddenly stand alonefeeling out of place, afraid, angry, insaneand perhaps lustful. Or, they are experiencing a sense of relief, accompanied by quiet guilt. Hope for a Widows Heart is remarkable reading even for the new, fragile widow who finds it difficult to concentrate. The author feeds healing balm to her in small bites, with tailor-made scriptures, brief prayers, and short testimonies which are transforming. The sharp pain of aloneness diminishes: As Quin Sherrer gently conveys, God has a future for you, dear one.

Marion Bond West, Author

Contributing Editor, Guideposts

Quin Sherrer is a loyal prayer warrior, wise mentor, and dear friend. She has walked the path of widowhood and left guide-posts for others to follow. Quin selflessly opens her heart and invites the widow in, providing consolation for the pain of separation, discipline for the Christian walk, and freedom to experience the joy of new beginnings. Hope for a Widows Heart walks the reader down many paths that lead to one destinationJesus Christ, our Blessed Hope. Thank you, Quin.

Diana Hagee, Author and Speaker

Cornerstone Church, San Antonio, TX

I have had the privilege of being Quins pastor and friend and am happy to endorse her latest book. Filled with life and pulsating with hope, Hope for a Widows Heart will be used by God to heal many. With remarkable poignancy, Quin just makes truth come alive!

Dutch Sheets, Director, Christ for the Nations Institute, Dallas, TX, Bestselling author of Intercessory Prayer

No matter what stage of widowhood you are in, this book will benefit you. It has been ten years since I watched my husband die on that mountain in the Philippine jungle, but I found this book full of wise words just for me! You will learn from women who have been there.

Gracia Burnham

Author of the bestseller In the Presence of My Enemies

Quin Sherrer is the kind of person with whom others feel comfortable sharing their struggles. A widow herself, she relates her own journey and those of widows young and old, in a wide variety of circumstances, through this hardest of passages. Its all here: the confusion, the near-unbearable pain, the mistakes, but also the hard-won wisdom and surprising renewal. This is that rare book: unflinching about the darkness, but rich in hope.

Elizabeth Sherrill

Author of The Hiding Place and All the Way to Heaven

No one wants to need this book. Every widow does. True to Quin, she offers us an authentic look at the harsh reality of widowhood with hope, humor, and honor! The life stories shared on these pages will capture your heart while some pages may even become tear-stained. I serve on the pastoral staff of a large evangelical multi-campus church in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, and I am glad to say we take the biblical exhortation to minister to widows very seriously, as stated in James 1:27. I am thrilled to have a rich resource like Hope for a Widows Heart to put into widows hands now.

Mary Jo Pierce, Pastor of Prayer and Intercession

Gateway Church, Southlake, TX

I was raised by a widowed mother, so I can identify with many of the heart-to-heart stories in Quins devotional book. Ive always said, I learned to trust God from my mother. When Quin and I lived in the same city we met regularly to pray for our families. Now that she has entered a new season, she has written this hope-filled book with appropriate prayers, as well as biblical, practical insights to encourage other widows. I highly recommend Hope for a Widows Heart .

Mrs. Dick (Dee) Eastman

Every Home for Christ, Colorado Springs, CO

Almost every day I visit people who have lost a partner. I know of no greater pain in this life. Sorrow is inevitable, but as Christians we do not have to sorrow without hope. Not only has Quin gone through such a time, but she is a very blessed writer, able to put into simple, practical terms great helps for those exper-iencing this pain. As a long-term pastor to Quin and LeRoy, and having met with them in a small group once a week for six years, I deeply appreciated their commitment to our Lord Jesus Christ. Hope for a Widows Heart will not only bring you comfort and hope, but is a book you can use to minister to others.

Rev. Peter Lord, Pastor Emeritus,

Park Avenue Baptist Church, Titusville, FL,

Author of The 2959 Plan: A Guide to Communion with God

I have read at least twenty of Quin Sherrers books and have enjoyed her gifts as an instructor at the Center for Biblical Studies in Tallahassee, FL. After reading Hope for a Widows Heart , we scheduled her to teach seminars for widows. Our students anticipate the return of this speaker, writer, and motivator. Her book offers practical advice based on eternal truths for a growing percentage of the population. Those who read it will be blessed.

Jo Anne Arnett, President,

Center for Biblical Studies, Tallahassee, FL

What an amazing God we have! He loves and cares for widows, as Quins book so richly attests. Having been a widow for more than twenty years, I know that the only path to healing is through the grace and mercy of God. Hope for a Widows Heart points the way with gentleness, insight, and understanding. My husband, Jamie, who was Quins writing coach, said her talent would one day bless the world. I believe this book will do just that.

Mrs. Jamie (Jackie) Buckingham

Hope for a Widows Heart

Copyright 2013

Quin Sherrer

Cover design by Barbara LeVan Fisher

Notice: All names have been changed to protect the privacy of those relating these true stories. Any resemblance to people you know by these names is strictly coincidental. Some locations have been changed also.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sherrer, Quin

Hope for a Widows Heart: Encouraging reflections for your journey / Quin Sherrer p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-78078-103-7

ISBN 978-1-78078-203-4 (e-book)