“Single women, your hope is only deferred.” Pacing across the stage, holding the mic, the speaker continued, “That’s because in the end, there is the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. We’re all going to a wedding.” A collective “mmmm” reverberated … [Read more...] about My Hope is Not Deferred
Inseparable
But when I returned to my apartment the Saturday afternoon my fiancé broke our engagement, the sudden emptiness suffocated me, and I sank onto my couch, out of breath. I saw my piano on the other side of the room, key cover open in invitation. Then I … [Read more...] about Inseparable
The Pain of Being Single; The Love that Holds Me Fast
As if I needed any more proof that God didn’t love me, my car wouldn’t start. My first instinct was to crank it again, because surely God wasn’t letting this happen. When it didn’t as much as sputter, I called my dad, who lives 400 miles away. He … [Read more...] about The Pain of Being Single; The Love that Holds Me Fast
What can make me whole again?
I went to a wedding in early April. It was six days before Good Friday, which was also the day I flew to Kenya. Seven days before Holy Saturday. Eight days before Easter. Nine months after my wedding was supposed to be. It was the … [Read more...] about What can make me whole again?
Waiting on God
The light from my half-decorated Christmas tree cast a rutilant glow over my living room. Ribbons and garlands and my golden tree skirt sat on my coffee table in wait, ready to play their part in celebrating Jesus’s birth. As for me, I was slumped … [Read more...] about Waiting on God
My Broken Engagement
Has God forgotten me? No, my heart said. But it wasn't a statement of faith. It was a cry of sorrow: I wish that he had. Because if he had forgotten me, it would mean that he didn’t know about my broken engagement, that he wasn't an indifferent … [Read more...] about My Broken Engagement