Doing a New Thing
In the early months after the night that literally changed the trajectory of our lives I was really struggling with all of the ways that our lives had changed. I was grieving the loss of pain-free living for Naomi as well as the loss of nightmare-free sleep for me. Our family had been shaken, and God was working in our lives. His provision was constantly evident and yet I was still grieving the loss of the lives we had before being hit by a drunk driver. As is so often the case in life, pain and growth were juxtaposed to one another. One of my dear friends sent me this verse during that time, “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; NOW it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I WILL make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:18-19 Some days and weeks in the following years (and even now, honestly) it took all of my will to trust that God was in fact doing something new. I literally clung to...
