I follow an amazing artist on Instagram (@lindsayletters.co) and her young daughter Eva Love was in a freak accident that resulted in her hospitalization with a traumatic brain injury and the prognosis as I'm writing this does not look good from a medical standpoint (BUT GOD). As this is the time of year we were in the hospital with my father, it's gotten me thinking about grieving and God's goodness all over again. When I first heard about this sweet girl struggling for her life, all I could do was pray. She's been on my mind constantly. But over time, in response … [Read more...]
Choosing All-In Faith When Faced With Grief and Loss
Grief presents us with a choice - to turn away from faith or to jump all in. Before my father was diagnosed with cancer, I would have said that I believed in the gospel and that I knew God was good. But when he got sick and was gone so quickly, I found myself wrestling with some deep questions. How could a good God let this happen? How did the gospel - the good news - line up with this awful news? How could Jesus be the light of the world and still let this darkness into my life?Have you ever gone through something that makes you question - that presents you with the choice to turn away … [Read more...]
Marriage Journey: 4 Lessons from 4 Years Together
If we were sitting down over coffee talking about relationships, I'd share these things I'm learning on my marriage journey with you. I'm no expert, in fact sometimes I feel so massively unqualified to even write about marriage. But God keeps reminding me that marriage is something that requires constant cultivating, and that mistakes are part of growth. We've crammed a lot of life into our short time as a married couple - a baby, job loss, illness, the death of my father, daily joys and trials. So many blessings and major life changes, all rolled into four short years. I spent some … [Read more...]
Questioning God in the Midst of Grief – #griefstories
I started writing #griefstories as a way to process my pain and hopefully help others going through their own. Questioning God in the Midst of Grief is normal - it's what we do with those questions that makes all the difference. I wanted to share this portion of my journey because I think it's something we can all relate to. For more support, join the free 4 day grief support email series here. … [Read more...]
An Open Letter to the Girl Who Just Lost Her Daddy
If you are in need of support during your time of grief, I created this free grief support series and this journal just for you. To the girl who just lost her Daddy. You never thought this would happen to you. It's something that happens in movies and books. A little girl or a young woman loses her father and is thrust into greatness as she overcomes. You are very aware of all the stories that begin this way now, I know. You wonder where the messy middle part of the story is. You know, the part just after the monitor stops beating and your daddy is gone forever. The part where you … [Read more...]