Abide in His love... and love others the best you can. Don’t know things. Be ok with not knowing. I give up trying so hard to know. I give up trying to love and forgive difficult people on my own.

We are asked to release the things that we were never meant to carry with us. We are asked to relinquish control of the things that so deeply desire to control us.

It was a short but pointed question that wasn’t necessarily directed to me in this group setting and context, but the moment it was spoken, I felt it hit my heart. My cheeks began to burn and my eyes began to well with tears.

I don’t know about your 2020 but mine has gone something a little like this: Pandemic, Child amputated toes, Experienced racism because of Black daughter, Sold our house in prep for future plans. In the midst of moving out, my husband got laid off, Surgery…