| About Our Ministry 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, and a full line of unique and inspirational bereavement gifts. After the last casserole dish has gone home and friends and family have gone their own way, the bereaved still have the difficult task of trying to piece their lives back together, find some sense of direction in their life, and fill the void losing their loved one has created. The reality of their grief has only just begun. 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 here at this website and in her book, "The Rainbow, Words of Inspiration, Faith and Hope". Ferna resides in Texas where she manages Rainbow Faith Gifts and this online Grief Ministry. 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. This website began with a simple poem, Letter From Heaven, that she wrote as a tribute to her mother after she went home to be with the Lord in 1999. After writing that poem, she decided to create a single web page to share the poem with her brother who lives in Connecticut, many miles from her home in Texas. He shared that web page with a dear friend of his who had just lost her father and her 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 essays that I had written after my parent's deaths, and thus Rainbow Faith began it's growth. I've since referred to this website many times over as "God's Snowball" for it just continues to grow, not by my work, but by His." She named this website "Rainbow Faith" because the Rainbow is a symbol of one of God's many promises and Faith is simply that courage to trust in all of His promises. This is best described in her poem, "The Rainbow". "I thank God daily for the many blessings I've received as a result of the website, 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 website truly goes to Him. For without the Lord's grace, strength, and wonderful peace, this place 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 age 11; 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 Boerne, TX, she 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 After many requests, a special selection of bereavement 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 have the option of adding a special gift card with your exact sentiments at no additional cost. The proceeds from these gifts help to support our online ministry. |
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