A year that didn’t go according to plan… 2024 started as a normal year. I was excited for new connections and the adventures ahead. But on May 28th, everything changed. All my plans came to a sudden halt when a drunk driver got on the highway going the wrong direction. In an instant, I went from roadtripping to Montana to lying on a table in the ICU with a shattered leg, lacerated liver, burned face, and devastated spirit. Can life still be good when our plans fall apart and our hopes and dreams seem crushed? Emphatically, yes. Why? Because God is good, no matter what. He’s a good Father, and His plans for us are always good. In a year that was marked by excruciating pain, disappointment, grief, trauma, and terror, God did what He does best—He brought beauty out of the brokenness. The hardest year of my life also ended up being a year filled with hope, peace, and joy like I’ve never known. God walked with me through the darkness. He healed not just my body but my heart. He surrounded me with deeper love and community than I ever realized I had. He gave me a sense of purpose I’d been searching for for years. I have known no greater sorrow than I have this year, but I’ve also known no greater joy. My journey isn’t over. I am still relearning to walk, facing more surgeries, and living with lifelong scars and injuries. Yet through it all, God has never been more real, more present, or more good to me than He’s been this year. As I step into 2025, I know there will be more surprises ahead. But I’m going forward praising the God who loves me, who saved me, and who gave me a second chance at life. No matter what this next year holds for you, take comfort in knowing that God remains good even when your circumstances don’t. He is faithful, and He has good plans for you in 2025—even if they don’t look like you expected. I promise. 🫶🏻 “How kind the Lord is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours! The Lord protects those of childlike faith; I was facing death, and he saved me. Let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord has been good to me.” Psalms 116:5-7
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