Room for Tears — 7-Day Devotional Journal

Christmas can be the hardest season to miss someone. The music, the traditions and the empty place at the table all seem to ask for a joy you may not feel this year.

This journal spends seven days with the sorrow that is already inside the Christmas story: comfort spoken first in Isaiah, a world with no room at the inn, Rachel weeping for her children, and the sword Simeon said would pierce Mary's soul. Then it turns to why Jesus came, and to the hope that does not ask you to forget. Your grief is not a guest that spoils Christmas. There is room for it here.

Inside the journal

• Seven daily reflections, each anchored in a passage of Scripture (ESV)
• A reflection prompt, affirmation and closing prayer for each day
• Space each day for your thoughts and three things you're grateful for
• A personal reflections page, "Making Room" for the days ahead, and a prayer for the week

Details

• 20-page PDF, US Letter (8.5 × 11 in)
• Fillable: open it in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader app to type on your phone, tablet or computer, or print it and write by hand. Some browser PDF viewers don't allow typing, so Acrobat Reader is the one to use
• Download link sent by email after purchase

For anyone facing a Christmas without someone she loves, who wants to bring her grief to the One who came to carry it.

For the story behind this journal, read The Ornament Box on our Quiet Thoughts blog.