A Renewal of Hope
When I look back at the last six months of my life, I see a lot of change, a lot of uncertainty, but most importantly, I see God's hand in everything. This summer I was walking through a season of hopelessness. I put idols in front of God, and it ate away at my contentment and left me feeling discontent and depressed. I read Proverbs 13:12--"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life."--and wanted to cry, because that was exactly how I felt--heart sick. I put my hope in the wrong things. I lost sight of God's sovereignty. Sometimes I struggle with the fact that God's plan for my life means I'm single in my late twenties. I struggle to find hope when there's a strong possibility my health will decline again within the next few years, and I'll have to go through another round of surgery. I struggle when I sit down to write and it feels like I'm trying to force the words to come. But there are two sides to th...