“God doesn’t plant desires within our hearts to let them wither and die.” - Holley Gerth

If you received this post in your email today, it’s because I wrestled with this yesterday. If God breathed something into my soul, spoke it to my heart, then he is asking me to bring it into the sunshine, water it, prune it, and whatever else is necessary to keep it alive.

Have you ever said, “I’ll never…” and later found yourself knee-deep in that exact “never”? Besides saying to my parents, “I’ll never live in Georgia.” (my home for the last 15 years”, I told my children on more than one occasion, “divorce will never be an option.”

Uncertainty is where we are living right now.

Some of us are navigating the challenging new landscape annoyed at the inconveniences - toilet paper shortages, face masks, and wondering if Starbucks will ever reopen its doors. While others are frozen in fear and simply can't seem to move forward. Then there are some of us whose lives have been ravaged by the death of a loved one.