After the last casserole dish has gone home, the bereaved still have the difficult task of trying to piece their lives back together, find some sense of direction and purpose in their life, and fill the void losing their loved one has created. The reality of their grief has only just begun.
Rainbow Faith is a Christian Grief Ministry. Our mission is to encourage and uplift those traveling the painful journey through grief with words of inspiration, faith and hope through our heartfelt grief poems and stories, a weekly "Life After Loss" column, and a full line of unique and inspirational bereavement gifts.
Ferna Lary Mills
Director
After losing both of her parents within a ten-month span, Ferna relied heavily on her deep faith in God for the strength to make it through her own personal grief. Much of her time was spent in writing down her most heartfelt thoughts and feelings in poems, essays and journaling, which she decided to share both online and in her book, "The Rainbow, Words of Inspiration, Faith and Hope".
She resides in Texas where she manages Rainbow Faith, an online Christian grief ministry and Rainbow Faith Gifts , our online Sympathy Gift Shop. Her strong faith shows in every aspect of her life as she strives to continue to be a source of encouragement to others for Christ.
Rainbow Faith began with a simple poem, Letter From Heaven, that she wrote as a tribute to her mother in 1999. Ferna created a single web page to share with her brother who lives many miles from her home in Texas. He shared it with a friend who had just lost her father and the response was so heartwarming, Ferna decided to share it with others who may be going through that same loss.
She says, "I was encouraged to share many of my other poems and stories that I had written after my parent's deaths, and thus Rainbow Faith began. Rainbow is simply a symbol of one of God's many promises and Faith is simply the courage to trust in His promises."
"I thank God daily for the many blessings I've received as a result of this ministry, and for the many friends I've met along the way. He has never left my side, through all of the sorrow and the pain, and I pray all of the Glory from this ministry truly goes to Him. For without the Lord's grace, strength, and wonderful peace, this ministry would not exist." ~ Ferna
Betty Sue Eaton
Associate Author
As our Rainbow Faith Associate, Betty is a woman of amazing grace and diversity. Her stories on Life After Loss come from a wide range of grief experiences: her daughter died as a result of a car-pedestrian accident at the age of eleven; her son died from renal cancer; her grandson died from injuries he received in a motorcycle accident. Yet, through all of her losses, Betty has clung tightly to her faith and the amazing grace that God has bestowed on her.
She is the author of "Bittersweet Autumn", and "Listening to the Garden Grow", a spiritual book about finding God in the garden. Prior to moving to her new home in Texas, she also co-sponsored a grief recovery counseling group in St. George, Utah.
From the cover of her book, "Listening to the Garden Grow", Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul said it best: "Betty Sue Eaton uncovers the silver lining behind every cloud ~ the pot of gold beneath each rainbow."
Bereavement Gifts, Memorial Gifts, and Sympathy Gifts
Our special selection of bereavement and sympathy gifts was added for those who wanted to say they cared but just couldn't find the words. Every sympathy gift we offer is faith based and from the heart. With each gift purchased, you also have the option of adding a special gift card with your exact sentiments at no additional cost.
The proceeds from the sale of our sympathy gifts help to support our online grief ministry. We also accept donations to help defray our online expenses for this ministry.
