The Face of God Illuminated in the Light of Grief

About the Book

No Test Without a Testimony I would like to share some experiences that brought me closer than I had ever imagined to God. I would like to take this opportunity to show you how grief makes God clearer. Throughout this book I hope you share in the knowledge and experience that I gained from the collapse of the entirety of my world. In 2015 death knocked on my door once again. I felt so hopeless and despondent. it felt new. Like I had never lost anyone before even though I had. The beauty of it all is, l experienced God’s grace and mercy through it all. When David said, “Goodness and mercy will follow me,” he was right. In my struggle with grief, I learned to let go and allow the peace of God to take over my bleeding heart. Pain and sorrow were real, and no one could bear the weight of grief alone and survive. I couldn’t carry my loss alone; l had to depend on God and his presence. I let him in my life, and it was like having a friend walking with me through a dark and dangerous tunnel. He carried me through a broken heart, through streams of tears and fear, and then through a safe haven of peace and joy. We walked together on the path to recovery while l talked with him and he talked back to me. I grew to trust him and became mature and able to love him through all the seasons of life. I know without a shadow of doubt that in my time of sorrow, he was there to comfort me and to lift my soul. I hope to comfort you as l share with you what has worked for me.

About the Author

Maud Makoni is the founder and director of Girls Let’s Talk, speaker and author. She is also the current chairperson of the board of Women of Dominion. Maud Makoni is married to Kumbi, her husband of twenty-one years, and they are parents to daughters Matida, 18, and Mazvita, 15, and son Kudzi, 10. She grew up in a Godly Methodist family. She is the grandchild of Rev. S. M. M. Ushewokunze. The Makonis currently reside in Illinois, where they have been active members of Calvary Assemblies of God Church in Naperville for the last eighteen years, participating and contributing in many ways to the body of Christ in their home church. Maud Makoni is an Occupational Therapist and Certified Hand Therapist trained at the University of Zimbabwe. She later specialized in Orthopedic Hand Rehabilitation in the USA through the Hand Therapy Certification Commission International. She is passionate about religious community activities. She enjoys coordinating social functions and also teaching and encouraging young people to remain faithful to God. Youth leadership has been a part of her life for a very long time.