When God Creates Something Beautiful
If someone had told me a few years ago that one of the most difficult seasons of my life would also become one of the most creative, I don't think I would have believed them. Pain has a way of narrowing our vision. When we're in the middle of heartbreak, uncertainty, or loss, it's difficult to imagine that anything beautiful could ever come from it. We simply want things to go back to the way they were. We want life to feel familiar again. We want the chapter we're living through to come to an end. Looking back now, I realize that while I was praying for life to return to normal, God was quietly creating something entirely new. It wasn't the story I would have written, but it has become one of the most meaningful chapters of my life. When Tim became ill, and was eventually diagnosed with PNES, our world changed overnight. Suddenly our days became filled with doctor appointments, specialists, therapies, disability paperwork, insurance companies, and more questions t...
