Carry On

A few weeks ago, I shared that I needed to step away from a writing project that I’ve been working on for the last 26 weeks…in order to rest and finish well in another writing project I’ve been working on for over two years.

I write because I have to, I’m compelled to, I long to make Him beautiful, even and especially in the hard.

And lately, there’s been a lot of the latter. Not just for our own family, but for others I love. Mercy, life can be brutal. We’ve all been there, to some degree or another. And if you haven’t yet, you will. Because we live in a broken world, it’s been that way basically from the beginning.

But suffering doesn’t indicate the absence of a good and loving God. It actually proves His presence and grand plan to redeem all things, once and for all.

Suffering can either cast us down into despair or lift us up into hope. 

Hope ~ it’s not always the easy choice but it is the only one that leads to life…for you and for every single person around you. 

And so today, as I fight for hope and for the One I adore ~ the God who holds all things together from the sea to the sunset ~ I am remembering this Promise to come…

“He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” Revelation 21:4

Friend, whatever your brutal may be, He is still on the Throne. Willing and able to make all things new, even if it’s just you. 

So carry on; Hope is still alive. It really is going to be okay.🤍