Have you ever prayed for something for a really long time and it felt like nothing happened? Or maybe the outcome you got wasn’t the outcome you prayed for? Maybe you felt like God was just silent?

She was a mess, but she still showed up. When she got there, she let out a cry that you completely understand if you have ever been brokenhearted.

At one point, it was suggested to me that I think about “other options” for my pregnancy and I had to battle waves of despair and hopelessness that would try to take over me. No one’s good wishes or catchy Instagram posts were helping me battle that either. I wanted to hear what God had to say.

Not everything is good. You will walk through seasons of your life that are absolute hell. But hang onto the goodness of God.

But while I’m here on earth, my prayer is that God would use our story as encouragement to others that God is still good. My prayer is that He wouldn’t just use my story, but that He would also use yours.