Grief overtook me before I knew what happened.
It was like treading water in the middle of a huge lake, muscles tiring, beginning to sink, the bottom an unknowable, seemingly endless distance below my feet, the distant shore shrouded by the cover of a moonless night.
With no sense of safety near, and rapidly encroaching doubt that anything could save me, I nearly drowned.
But then He whispered.
Crisis has a way of catapulting us toward the realities we live in. It forces us to take an honest look at what defines us and what drives us. Your trauma can be a catalyst for you to search out your foundations and even to start over as you leave your past behind you and lead yourself into the future. I want to encourage and empower you to start that journey now. You have a house to build and a foundation to repair. You can overcome the devastation of grief, loss, and trauma and begin healing from your past. More than that, you can experience a future that is not defined by your trauma, not driven by fear, grief, and loss. Whether it’s a recent loss or a distant trauma that has knocked you off your feet, left you despairing, lost, and wondering how you’ll ever live again, you can get back up. You can thrive again.
If you’ve been broken by tragedy, lost in grief, swallowed up by depression, hopelessly overwhelmed by anxiety, crying out to God as you wander in the wilderness, and daily wondering “how long, oh Lord,” then I’m writing for you.
I’ve been there.
The emptiness of loss was profoundly disabling. The fear, anxiety, and uncertainty that came with the depression was not something I was prepared for.
But I survived, and you can, too.
Perhaps you can relate.
Life has a way of throwing things at us that we are not ready for.
But let me tell you: you are not alone!
Recovery is possible.
Normalcy will be redefined.
“Moving on” is a myth.
You can live again.
In the years of walking through recovery from the aftermath of trauma, beyond the surviving and fighting for my life, I’ve always known there was more. Regardless of the lies spoken over me through trauma, Jesus has called me to more. He has redefined me from the inside out. He has made me a worshiper. And I am desperate for continual encounter and intimacy with Jesus because He’s the One who carried me (and you) through all of it. He is the One who calls us out of our darkness and into His light. He is the lover of our souls who died so we could live in relationship with Himself and God the Father through the Holy Spirit for eternity. And He is the One who will return for a pure and spotless bride.
"Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?" (Isaiah 66:1b)
Let's build a house of worship and a place of rest for the Lord together!
"Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?" (Isaiah 66:1b)
Let's build a house of worship and a place of rest for the Lord together!
"Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?" (Isaiah 66:1b)
Let's build a house of worship and a place of rest for the Lord together!