It wasn’t a pretty sight. A breaking marriage never is. Both of us sinking in despair, our commitment hanging in the balance, and our words threatening to slice the last thread tethering our once captivated hearts. Our vows spoken long ago with such certainty now convicted the stubborn, jagged corners of our spirits. “For better or for worse;” if there ever was a worse, this was it, and if we were ever at our worst, it was now. Darkness surrounded our marriage that day, hovering over the horizon of continual conflict, unbridled snapping and relentless blaming. Hearts hardened and closed always summon darkness. Somehow “for the sake of our children” didn’t make sense anymore. We were too different, too hurt, too convinced we both deserved better. How could we end up here after Continue Reading
We are Made to Brave our Story – Made For Brave Sisterhood
Anxiety twisted and turned in the pit of my stomach just minutes before I walked on stage. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and silently prayed for peace and confirmation from the Lord about what I was about to do. I was teetering between two very different thoughts. The first was how exciting it was going to be to share God’s miraculous story of how He saved me and my marriage. The second was what in the world am I thinking in telling people about the skeletons that lay ever so neatly in the closet my past? At that moment I didn’t feel very brave. “Lord, I need you, please help me” I whispered. I suddenly felt a warm blanket of peace cover my body from head to toe. Although the butterflies in my stomach were in full fight or flight mode, the peace I felt was Continue Reading