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There will always be storms…..
Have you ever felt that you love your children with all of your heart, that they are your treasure,
But that you just can’t be a mama today, not one more minute, or you might burst?
Have the pressures of life threatened to overcome you and you feel alone, isolated, unseen?
Have you been hurt by another who calls themselves, “Christian” and you were surprised at the animosity, criticism, and wounding that has deeply discouraged you and left you feeling hollow, empty inside?
Do you wonder how you will ever get out from this place—the place of financial crisis or debt, serious health problems, loss of job or relationship and are paralyzed to know what to do?
Do you feel distant from God and dry inside, but also guilty for being in this place, though you want to feel close to God with all that is in you?
Has the death or loss of someone cut you deeply to the core and the “hurt” just won’t go away?
Do you have a mysterious, out of the box child, that you feel like you fail to reach or know how to relate to most days, most of the time and feel overwhelmed by the needs and demands of this child?
I have felt all of these things and more. And to feel alone without companionship when you find yourself in these storms of life can magnify the pain.
There will always be storms. Rainstorms, snowstorms, sandstorms, hurricanes, endless storms.
And so it is with life—emotional storms, spiritual storms, relational storms, health storms, life storms.
Even now, with an unexpected return to America, unknown details surrounding my hip pain, surgery, issues in my children’s lives, I am in the midst of a very stormy season filled with all sorts of conflicting emotions. Yet, by now, these sorts of storms are familiar and I find my way forward with peace and hope.
My learning curve to handle these pressures of life, though, was high because I had never been taught or trained how to weather them with grace. That is why I wrote Help, I’m Drowning. What if by sharing my feelings, experiences, and the lessons I had to learn could help someone else not feel the effects of the roaring winds of life threaten to blow them over. How could I both sympathize as well as help my fellow storm travelers so that they could find wisdom and grace more quickly and more easily than I had when I journeyed through so much of life alone?
Today, I am officially starting the weeks of launching my newest book, Help, I’m Drowning. I am so excited about my wonderful launch team. (So sorry, it filled up in a very short time, as my publisher limited the numbers I could accept.)
But, I would be so honored if you would consider getting your own copy and share with your friends.
This launch season, my friends, like you, mean so much. As I return home to try to have surgery on my hip, I will be less able to be online, and so I am grateful to have such a wonderful community of friends who always help me keep the messages going.
I hope that the podcasts and the conference about avoiding burn out, and the book will touch many of you and give you grace for your own storms.
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