Grieve, Breathe, Receive

finding a faith strong enough to hold us

Grieve, Breathe, Receive

In 2018, when so much of my world fell apart, I wrestled with two primary questions, “Why do people do what they do? And “What do you do when life does what it does?” The first question led to The Thing Beneath The Thing, and the second question led my family to the deserts of Phoenix to discover the answer. For the past four years, I’ve been learning, sitting with mentors and counselors, and studying the scriptures to find a way to make sense of unexpected loss and change that life brings. Today, I wanted you all to be the first to know about my next book, which is my best attempt to answer that second question.

Grieve, Breathe, Receive: Finding a Faith Strong Enough To Hold Us | Release date: May 7, 2024

Growing up, I knew how to set goals, chase dreams and achieve. What nobody ever told me was how to actually grieve. In the fall of 2018, I woke up in the middle of the night and felt like the Lord told me to “go to the desert and wait for instructions.” As I grabbed my journal and started to write, I knew in my heart and mind this deep longing to escape and do what I’ve always done: turn adversity into a moment of achievement. Sitting in my living room, I wrote, “You can’t achieve your way out of this. You can only grieve your way through it.”

The problem was - I didn’t know how to grieve.

A few months later, we moved to Arizona. Not long after, my dad passed away, and on so many levels, I was experiencing the loss of relationships, a community, a father, and too much change at one time. Most mornings, I would hike a trail in the desert near our new home, read a psalm, study, write, and meet with mentors to find a way to heal. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I started the Evening Psalms, which became a daily practice of reading and reflecting on one psalms chapter on social media. Many of you have shared how much these videos resonated with your soul over the years.

For the last few months, in between edits and rewrites, I’ve been working on making the Evening Psalms available to anyone who preorders Grieve, Breathe, Receive for free. Today, we launch a new website, www.SteveCarter.org, where you can learn more about the book and get your free Evening Psalms devotional sent directly to your inbox by filling out the form with some simple info after preordering Grieve, Breathe, Receive.

Evening Psalms | a collection of thoughts, prayers, and honest prayers to guide you on your way.

I have broken the Evening Psalms into three parts (40 Chapters for Lent, 50 Chapters post-Easter, and 60 Chapters post-book launch). Once you submit the form after preordering, keep an eye out for an email from me by February 13th with your PDF copy of the Evening Psalms. Also - when you preorder, you will be given exclusive free access to a masterclass I’ve created around Grieve, Breathe, Receive, and a few more exciting opportunities that I can’t wait to tell you all about.

I’ll post about the book on social media later today, and it would mean the world if you would take a second to comment, like, share, and help get the word out. But most importantly, I would love it if you would pray over the words on the pages of Grieve, Breathe, Receive – that God will use them to speak to the hearts and souls of so many who are walking through their own desert season of grief.

Thanks again for all the love and support over the years. I could not have gotten here without you.

grace + peace.