How Do We Notice God While Journeying the Unfathomable?

Soar - A year later (and a giveaway)

I remember the day I started writing Soar. I wasn’t sure what I was doing or where it would end—but I just sat on my bed and wrote. I knew my heartbeat for those walking through the unimaginable in life needed to be heard. It felt like the words just flowed out of me, as if they’d been waiting to be released. I’d stacked barriers around them for so long, that once I opened the floodgate and gave them permission to be heard—they poured out.

I wonder if there is anything in your life, asking for permission to be heard?

A year ago, my very first book was released out into the world—Soar - Noticing God While Discerning the Unfathomable. Writing a book has always been a dream of mine and I believed the lie, that I couldn’t do it, for a long time.

But that afternoon, when I stared writing Soar, I took a courageous step into the unknown. I started on a journey that God was writing for me, as I was writing the words that filled pages. I was scared, yet trusting—hopeful, yet timid. I held my words out to God and asked Him to use them in the way He desired.

I continue to do that each and every day when I write.

Writing, for me, has always been an active step of faith—an invitation to a deeper trust into God’s grander story that’s being written.

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In honor of celebrating the first anniversary of Soar—I have two gifts for you!

First, I’m sharing a little excerpt from Soar for you below. This is just a taste of my heart and soul that was poured into the pages of this book. If you would like to read more (and support my writing), please purchase your own copy on Amazon today! The audio book is also available on any major listening platform. I also humbly ask, that after you’ve read it (or if you already have) please leave take a moment and leave a review—this is such a help in continuing to spread word about Soar.

Second, in celebrating the first year of this book out in the world, I’m going to be GIVING AWAY a copy here! All you have to do in order to enter is like, comment or restack this post. That’s it! You’ll have until noon on Wednesday, May 7th to enter. The winner will be chosen soon after and notified.

May you be reminded today that the ashes of life hold a powerful story.

May you be welcomed today in this space, with all you hold, and have journeyed.

May you be invited into the safe companioning of Jesus and His loving presence in all today.

Life’s circumstances often come in roaring waves that are unrelenting.

They don’t give us a chance to get our feet under us, before we’re pulled again into the drowning waters.

How do we find God in that?

How do we discern what is in front, behind, and all around us?

How do we notice God when we’ve been trying to get Him to notice us, and it feels like He’s abandoned us?

How do we find God when it feels like He’s never been with us?

How do we find God when nothing seems trustworthy?

My friend, this is where we experience the invitation from our Heavenly Father to soar. This is the invitation to notice the Trinity dancing in unison. An invitation to hold what life has thrown you and notice where God is leading you closer to Him and what’s distracting you further away from His gaze. Remember, discernment isn’t just regarding one off decisions—it’s a lifelong journey of noticing. We live in an all or nothing world where extremes are common and quickly tossed in our direction to do something with.

But what if we could hold and use both the unrelenting circumstances of our life and the hope we have in our Heavenly Father (even if it is the size of a mustard seed)?

We hold pain and grief.

We hold hope and joy.

They are both our wings.

They are both welcome.

They both are needed to soar.

How can we learn to stretch the pain of sorrow outright?

How can we embrace stretching the hope and trust outright as well?

It doesn’t mean we will feel like we’re soaring. It doesn’t mean we will soar in our human eyes or the human eyes of the world around us. Nothing in the following chapters will change outward circumstances. Nothing will be tied with a pretty bow or figured out. This is not an all or nothing—either/or life. This is a both/and journey.

This is an invitation to be.

To be with Jesus.

To experience Him, even when you feel like He’s not there.

To be in His presence even when you doubt His goodness.

To sit in His long and loving gaze.

His child.

His love.

His joy.

Let’s take a deep breath together while holding the pain, sadness, suffering, and sorrow.

Also noticing if there are any glimmers of hope.

Are there any embers of joy that we can fan together?

Your grief is real.

It is seen.

It will be held tenderly and cared for.

Come and rest.

Gently sit.

Lay.

Sleep.

Eat.

Come and just be loved.

Come and begin to soar.

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Substack always offers their writers the option to open up for paid subscriptions. I know many writers on this platform offer this to their subscribers, but for me, I hope to always keep what I offer here in this space free of charge. My husband and I serve in support-based missions work in diaspora ministry, specifically in refugee care. If you want to support my writing—you could give a one-time or recurring donation to our ministry and that would be a huge blessing.