When I have written to you these past years, my words have always been rooted in reflection. I learned valuable lessons and God grew me mightily through my prior trials of infertility and anxiety. Even in those times, the pain and suffering lifted fairly quickly. These past years have been smooth-sailing. And I praise the Lord for that! It sparked my ministry work and my commitment to bringing you hope in your pain. Yet here I am today, and I am writing to you from a current, real-time pit of despair. This recent pit of depression, anxiety, and grief is unfamiliar, terrifying, uncertain -- and it's most certainly raw. It's not my norm. But I felt the Lord pressing me with: Write … [Read more...]