Guest Post: Letting God Rewrite What I Wanted to Erase

Sharing my story over at in(courage) today.

I don’t usually send newsletters on weekends, but today I’m making an exception.

This is for the ones who have ever felt isolated by the “messy” parts of life.

Or somehow disqualified from the “got-it-all-together” crowd.

To those of us who try to hide or fix or smile through the brokenness of our humanity, I’m sharing this for you.

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”There was a time I didn’t want to tell my story because I didn’t like that it included spiritual wounds, or the slow unpacking of emotional baggage I didn’t know I was carrying.

I didn’t want to write about being a people-pleaser so tethered to external approval that I lost my voice somewhere in the process.

I didn’t want a story about financial setbacks, or apologizing to my kids for the ways I parented from fear instead of faith.

I used to think I had to wait until everything made sense before I could share my story. Yet, if I’ve learned anything, it’s that God doesn’t waste our broken parts.

Especially not the broken parts…”