02241cam a2200325 4500 551500902 TxAuBib 20220322120000.0 210323s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021938879 9780785241270 hardcover 0785241272 hardcover TxAuBib Selecman, Mattie Jackson. Lemons on Friday : trusting God through my greatest heartbreak / Mattie Jackson Selecman ; [foreword by Denise & Alan Jackson.]. Trusting God through my greatest heartbreak. Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing, [2021] xxii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Introduction -- For better or worse: how did I get here? -- Pumpkins and porches: what do I do now? -- First steps: will I always hurt this much? -- God nods and tree stands: where is God? -- Clutching paper roses: does time really heal? -- A better name: who am I now? -- Desperate roots and pruning branches: why does God allow suffering? -- Head up, hands off: how do I accept the loss? -- Roots and wings: how do I move forward? -- Adjusting my vision: where is our hope? -- Epilogue: Stay ready so you ain't gotta get ready. "How do you go on when life is nothing like what you had hoped it would be? Three weeks before her first wedding anniversary, Mattie Jackson Selecman lost her husband to a traumatic brain injury. Nothing had ever shattered her faith so dramatically. Nothing had ever caused her to question her beliefs or her own identity so deeply. Nothing would transform her so completely. In Lemons on Friday, Mattie offers hope, understanding, and biblical encouragement as you navigate the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or the life you dreamed of living."--Back cover. 20220322. Selecman, Mattie Jackson. Selecman, Mattie Jackson. Family. Widows Biography. Grief Religious aspects Christianity. Bereavement Religious aspects Christianity. Autobiographies. Jackson, Alan,. Jackson, Denise,.