Trash Can to Treasure: Lessons on Loss, Forgiveness, and Finding Home

What if the moments you want to throw away are the very ones God wants to redeem?

In Trash Can to Treasure, Nate Coston invites readers into a raw, honest journey through loss, failure, surrender, and unexpected hope. Drawing from real-life stories—broken relationships, homelessness, fear, shame, and moments of desperation—Nate explores how God meets us in life’s lowest places and transforms what feels wasted into something deeply meaningful.

This is not a self-help book filled with quick fixes or shallow optimism. Instead, Trash Can to Treasure offers thoughtful reflection, biblical truth, and practical wisdom for anyone wrestling with pain, regret, or unanswered questions. Through personal experiences and Scripture, Nate points readers toward a God who is not surprised by our losses and who invites us to bring even our broken pieces to Him.

Inside these pages, you’ll discover:

• How loss and suffering can become places of spiritual growth
• Why blame, shame, and fear keep us stuck—and how surrender leads to freedom
• What it means to find true “treasure” in Christ rather than circumstances
• How prayer, obedience, and authentic faith reshape the way we process pain
• A hopeful vision of belonging, home, and eternity with Jesus

Whether you are walking through grief, rebuilding after failure, or simply longing for a deeper, more authentic faith, Trash Can to Treasure offers encouragement, clarity, and hope.

This book is an invitation to stop running from your hardest moments—and to discover the treasure God is forming within them.