November 2016 Faithfulness in Waiting Seasons Waiting is hard. I’ve spent months learning that obedience does not always come with immediate results, applause, or visible progress. Blossom Braid International has grown quietly, often unnoticed, and that’s been both frustrating and humbling. But waiting is not wasted. Faithfulness in the middle of a waiting season looks …
When Faith Requires Letting Go Of Control
October 2016 When Faith Requires Letting Go of Control One of the quieter lessons this season is teaching me is how tightly I like to hold control. Not in obvious ways — but in subtle ones. Wanting to manage outcomes. Wanting reassurance. Wanting to know that the steps I’m taking will lead somewhere safe and …
Trusting God With What’s Still Unclear
September 2016 Trusting God With What’s Still Unclear There are parts of this journey with Blossom Braid International that remain unresolved. Questions without answers. Direction that feels partial. A sense of calling without a complete picture of where it leads. And I’m learning that this isn’t a problem to fix — it’s a posture to …
When You’re Building Something You Can’t Fully Explain
August 2016 When You’re Building Something You Can’t Fully Explain One of the strangest parts of this season has been trying to explain Blossom Braid International to other people. Not because it isn’t real — but because it’s still forming. When something is clear and established, it’s easy to describe. But when you’re in the …
Faithfulness in the Middle of Real Life
July 2016 Faithfulness in the Middle of Real Life One of the things I didn’t fully anticipate when starting Blossom Braid International was how much of it would have to be lived alongside real life, not separate from it. Faithfulness doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It happens in between freelance deadlines, everyday responsibilities, tired evenings, …
When Obedience Feels Ordinary
June 2016 When Obedience Feels Ordinary There is a version of obedience we often imagine — dramatic, costly, unmistakable. But lately, obedience has felt… ordinary. It looks like sitting down to write when I don’t feel inspired. Choosing consistency over excitement. Trusting that the small, repeated yeses matter just as much as the big, defining …
Learning To Trust God With Timing
May 2016 Learning to Trust God With Timing Waiting has never been my strength. I like movement. Progress. The reassurance that something is working. But this season with Blossom Braid International is teaching me that God’s timing rarely aligns with my sense of urgency. There are days when I want to push things forward — …
Faithful Steps Don’t Need An Audience
April 2016 Faithful Steps Don’t Need an Audience There is something both freeing and uncomfortable about working without an audience. When Blossom Braid International began, there was no sense of being seen. No metrics to measure success. No affirmation beyond a quiet conviction that this was what God had asked me to do. And I’m …
Starting Small Is Still Starting
March 2016 Starting Small Is Still Starting There is a quiet pressure to begin big. Even in faith spaces, we often celebrate the visible — the growth, the numbers, the moment when something finally looks established. But the beginning of Blossom Braid International has not looked like that. It has looked small. Hidden, even. And …
Obedience Before Understanding
February 2016 Obedience Before Understanding One of the hardest parts of beginning Blossom Braid International has been accepting how little I understand. I like clarity. I like plans. I like knowing where something is heading before I commit myself fully. But obedience, I’m learning, doesn’t always arrive with explanations attached. When God called me to …