Living with joy in the face of… I didn’t just wake up with joy one day. I couldn’t feel it and I didn’t want it. All I wanted was what my heart wanted and that’s all I could see. The truth is, living with joy in the face of seems almost impossible, right; at least when you’re in the thick of it. That is what I thought when this parental alienation started. When I went from being able to speak to my children and hold them in my arms to nothing, I thought this was what would break me and snuff out my light. But here I am, twenty-one months later, and I’m living with joy in the face of. What I didn’t know in the beginning of it all was that the pain I felt combined with the joy I would soon allow to consume me, would work together in a way that even I can’t fathom just yet. The two, would catapult my faith to a place it needed to go in order to see a perspective I couldn’t yet see. The pain and joy working together trans...
Sometimes you feel as though you’re holding on for dear life; not sure where the wind will carry you if you let go. Letting go is what is necessary, at times. Letting go of what was. Of what would have been. Letting go of your plans for the future. Of people you love. Letting go, and letting God is the best thing you can do in those moments. Where the uncertainty turns to hope. The fear turns to peace. The dark is made light. And His love takes hold and guides you to your next destination.