08/31/2026
Seasons of Life
I know for myself, and for so many others, that the season we are in right now is not for the faint of heart.
It’s a season of struggle.
A season of pain.
A season of doubt.
A season that sometimes feels like defeat.
Like hope has gone quiet.
Like my joy is missing, and no matter how hard I look for it, I just can’t seem to find it.
But fear not.
Because seasons are not the same for everyone. And they are not forever.
God never promised us a life without hardship. He never said there wouldn’t be valleys, storms, or days when we feel like we have nothing left to give.
He promised us that we would never walk through them alone.
And I know that to be true.
Some days, I feel like I’m barely making it through. And yet, somehow, I get up again. God is there, picking me up off the ground, reminding me to keep going when I don’t know how much more I have left.
I don’t have all the answers.
I can’t make all the pain disappear.
I don’t know what tomorrow looks like.
But I know I am not walking into it alone.
I know how incredibly blessed I am to have a husband who meets me with compassion when I don’t have the words. To have people around me who believe in me when I struggle to believe in myself. To have a support group that reminds me that I don’t have to carry everything by myself.
And I think about my kids.
When they are overwhelmed and struggling to regulate, I hold them close and tell them, “I’ll take big breaths for you until you can take them for yourself.”
Maybe this season is teaching me that sometimes we need someone to do that for us, too.
Sometimes faith doesn’t look like having it all together.
Sometimes faith is simply getting up one more time.
Sometimes faith is taking the next step when you can’t see where the path is going.
Sometimes faith is letting someone hold you while you breathe.
So I may bend.
I may stumble.
I may have days where I cry, question, and wonder how much longer this season will last.
But I will not break.
Because my hope was never supposed to rest in the absence of hardship.
My hope rests in the One who walks with me through it.
Jesus beside me, I’m walking by faith.
Not because I know what’s ahead.
But because I know Who goes with me.
