Caught Off Guard, Held By God

What do you do when life changes in a moment—and everything you thought was secure suddenly falls apart?

Caught Off Guard, Held By God is Anna Marie Stokes’ deeply personal testimony of faith, heartbreak, betrayal, motherhood, survival, and the undeniable faithfulness of God.

Anna shares the seasons she never saw coming: holding her infant daughter through Stage IV cancer, enduring profound loss, navigating the painful unraveling of a marriage and family she spent years building, and eventually finding herself forced to rebuild a life she never imagined having to live without the person she thought would always be beside her.

But this is not simply a story about what broke. It is a story about the God who held her while it was breaking.

Through raw reflections, intimate letters, hard-earned lessons, and moments where God’s fingerprints became visible only after the storm, Anna invites readers into the places where faith was tested, forgiveness became a choice, and healing required releasing what she could no longer carry.

Caught Off Guard, Held By God is for the woman who has been betrayed. The mother who has had to remain strong while privately falling apart. The person grieving a life they thought they would have. And anyone who has ever asked God, “Where are You in all of this?”

This book is a reminder that being caught off guard by life does not mean you have been abandoned by God. You may not have seen these things coming. But God did. And even when everything around you changes, His hands never let you go.

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Anna Marie Stokes