Why This Pastor Gives This Devotional To Every Widow Who Tells Him She Can No Longer Find God In Her Bible

By Pastor Daniel Moreno

Last Updated Mar 3.2026

Summary: As a pastor, I've sat with hundreds of women over the years — women going through grief, burnout, loss, and seasons of spiritual exhaustion. Again and again, they come to me asking the same question, in different words: "How do I get back to God when I can't seem to find Him?" And again and again, I've noticed the same thing: the problem is almost never a weak faith. It's that these women have never had the right tool in their hands at the right moment. This devotional is the answer I now give every one of them — and here are 9 reasons why.

1. It's Not Your Fault — And Here's What Actually Works

If you've tried to read the Bible on your own and failed, I want you to hear this before anything else: you are not a bad Christian, and your faith is not the problem.
 

In my experience, most Christian women have spent their entire lives coming to God's Word through someone else — a husband, a pastor, a small group leader. They've heard Scripture explained, discussed, and broken down for them. But very few have ever been shown how to open the Bible alone and find their footing by themselves. So when life changes and they're suddenly sitting by themselves at the kitchen table with 66 books in front of them and no one to guide them, they feel lost — not because the Bible is too hard, but because no one ever taught them how to navigate it on their own.
 

This is exactly the gap that One Minute with God for Women was built to fill.
 

Every single day, it places one verse in your hands — not a random quote pulled from the page, but a verse set in its proper context, with a short reflection written in plain language that connects it directly to the life you are actually living. It doesn't ask you to figure out where to begin. It doesn't require prior Bible knowledge, a reading plan, or any theological background. It simply opens the right door, on the right morning, and walks through it with you.
 

For the women I've recommended it to, this is often the first time in their lives that reading Scripture has felt less like an obligation they keep failing at — and more like a conversation they actually want to come back to.
 

✝ If you've tried and quietly failed, it means you haven't yet had the right companion. This devotional was designed to be exactly that.

2. The Bible Is Not A Book You Read Cover To Cover

One of the most important things I tell the women I counsel is this: the Bible is not one book. It is 66 different books — poetry, history, letters, prophecy — each written in a different style, for a different audience, in a different moment in history. When you open it without understanding what kind of writing you're reading, or where a particular verse sits within the larger story of Scripture, it's no wonder the words feel distant or confusing. You're reading without a map.
 

One Minute with God for Women provides that map. Each daily entry takes one verse, places it in its proper context, and explains — clearly and simply — why it was written and what it means for the woman reading it today. Not for a theologian. Not for a seminary student. For you, this morning, wherever you are.
 

✝ For the first time, you're not reading alone. You have a guide.

3. 60 Seconds — Not Because It's Short, But Because It's Enough

The most common objection I hear is: "One minute? Is that really enough?" My answer is always the same: it depends on whether you actually do it.
 

After two decades of walking alongside women in their faith, I've come to understand that spiritual growth doesn't come from reading more — it comes from reading consistently. One honest minute every single day, over the course of a year, is far more powerful than an hour once a month. God's Word is not something you load up in a single sitting and carry forever. It's something you return to every day, the way you return to food and water. This devotional is short enough that you will rarely have a genuine excuse to skip it — and substantial enough to stay with you long after you've closed the page.
 

"I read it every morning while my coffee is brewing — literally one minute — and somehow it stays with me all day. I'm on month four and I haven't missed a single week." — Karen M., 42, North Carolina ★★★★★
 

✝ You don't need more time. You need the right minute — every day.

4. No Streak. No Notifications. No Guilt.

One of the quiet patterns I've observed among women who struggle with consistent Bible reading is this: guilt becomes the very thing that keeps them from the Bible. They miss a day on a reading plan, feel ashamed, avoid the app that reminds them of their failure, and eventually stop opening their Bible altogether. What was meant to draw them closer to God ends up pushing them further away.
 

This devotional removes that cycle entirely. There is no streak to maintain, no schedule to fall behind on, and no notification reminding you how many days you've missed. If you miss a day, you simply open it the next. If you miss a week because of illness, grief, or exhaustion, you open it when you're ready. God does not grade attendance. He simply asks you to come.
 

✝ 93% of readers finally found a faith habit they could actually maintain — even on their hardest days.

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5. Written For The Woman Sitting Alone — Not For Every Woman

I want to be honest about who this devotional is for — and who it isn't for.
 

Most devotionals on the market were written for the busy woman: the wife juggling a household, the mother managing young children, the woman who loves God but can't seem to carve out enough time in her day. That woman exists, and she is well served. But there is another woman who is often overlooked — the woman who is not busy in the conventional sense, but who is deeply, quietly lost. The woman sitting alone in a house that feels different than it used to. The woman who has all the time in the world now, but doesn't know what to do with it. The woman who doesn't need five more minutes in her schedule. She needs someone to sit with her when she opens the page.
 

One Minute with God for Women was written for her. Every reflection speaks to grief, loneliness, spiritual disorientation, and the mornings when simply getting out of bed is its own act of courage.
 

✝ 365 days. 365 entries. Every one written for the woman in exactly the place you are right now.

6. It Meets You Where You Are — Without Asking You To Be Okay First

Over the years, I have noticed that many Christian women carry a quiet burden that nobody talks about openly: the feeling that they must appear spiritually strong before they come to God. They believe — often without realizing it — that they need to have their faith in order before they can approach His Word. And so, in the very seasons when they need God most, they keep their distance.
 

The Bible tells a very different story. Job sat in ashes and wept. David wrote, "My God, my God — why have you forsaken me?" Naomi, who lost everything, said plainly to those around her: "Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me." These are not people who had their faith perfectly intact. These are people who brought their broken, honest, unfiltered selves to God — and whom God never abandoned. The Bible has an entire language for this kind of pain. It is called lament, and it is not weakness. It is one of the most profound expressions of faith that exists.
 

This devotional was written for that kind of honesty. It does not ask you to be okay. It simply opens a door.

"After my husband passed, I couldn't open my Bible. Everything felt empty. But one morning I opened this — and I cried. In a good way. For the first time since he died." — Kim C., 44, Georgia ★★★★★
 

✝ God meets you where you are. This book simply opens the door.

7. Real Results From Real Women

I don't ask the women I counsel to take my word for it. I ask them to read it for 30 days and then tell me what happened.
 

What they consistently report follows a recognizable pattern. In the first week, they are often surprised that they actually did it — every day — when so many other attempts had failed. By the second week, they begin to notice that the verse from the morning is following them through their day: while they cook, while they drive, while they sit in the quiet of the evening. By the end of the first month, something has shifted — not dramatically, but genuinely. The Bible, which once felt like a foreign country, begins to feel like a place they recognize. And by month three, most of them are no longer reading out of obligation. They are reading because they want to.
 

Based on post-purchase feedback from over 90,000 customers: 
96% felt more at peace and less anxious after beginning their daily reading. 
93% finally found a faith habit they could actually maintain. 
91% felt closer to God during their most difficult seasons.


"The only devotional I've ever actually finished." 
— Sophia, Verified Buyer ★★★★★
 

"I started reading at 5:30am before my mother wakes up. One minute of feeling like God sees me — not the caregiver, but me. That completely changed how I face every single day." 
— Donna L., 57, Virginia ★★★★★
 

✝ Over 90,000 Christian women can't be wrong.

8. The Most Meaningful Gift You Can Give A Woman Who Is Hurting

Sometimes the people we love are going through something we cannot fix. We cannot take away the grief, reverse the loss, or find words that are adequate to what they're facing. In those moments, the most meaningful thing we can offer is not advice — it is presence. And when we cannot be physically present every morning, we can give them something that will be.
 

This devotional has been gifted to widows, to women navigating divorce, to caregivers stretched to their limit, to women facing illness, and to women who have simply run out of the strength to keep going. It asks nothing of the person receiving it except that she open it when she feels ready. And again and again, the response has been the same.
 

"She told me she would open it when she felt ready. She called me three days later — crying, in a good way. It has become her anchor. I have since bought four more copies for other women in our church." 
— Dr. Sarah M., Verified Buyer ★★★★★
 

✝ Perfect for: Mother's Day · Birthdays · Bereavement · Divorce Recovery · Any Hard Season

9. Nothing To Lose — And 365 Mornings With God To Gain

The women who have stayed with this devotional long enough tell me the same kinds of things. They are not the same women they were when they started — not because the circumstances of their lives have changed, but because something has quietly shifted in how they meet each morning. The grief may still be there. The difficulty may still be there. But so is something else: a sense that they are not facing it alone, and that the God who spoke through Scripture thousands of years ago is still speaking, still present, still near.
 

Read this book for 90 days. If you don't feel closer to God, more at peace, and more grounded in your faith, you receive a full refund — no questions asked. You have nothing to lose, and 365 mornings with God to gain.
 

"I bought six copies for the women in my church group. Every single one sent me a message to say thank you." — Michelle R., 49, Tennessee ★★★★★
 

✝ You have nothing to lose. And 365 mornings with God to gain.

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