Hiatus Explained

I know that my blogging has never really been "regular." I know that. But, there has been a legitimate reason for my absence over the past year. Something that - now that it's fully over - I am at liberty to share. I'm going to try - over the next few weeks - to share the details of what has been probably the darkest (yet ultimately transformative and life-giving) year of my life.

A year ago, I was in an auto-pedestrian accident where I was the driver. While ultimately, everything has turned out fine and life is pretty much "back to normal" now, that one moment began a gut-wrenching, scary, disorienting, terrifying, confusing, unfathomable journey that I don't wish on anyone. And yet...

...and yet, I truly wouldn't change it for anything. I am changed. I am at peace and rest as I've never been in my life thus far. I know my Savior as I've never known Him before.

The long and short of it can be summed up in this quote by David Powlison in Suffering and the Sovereignty of God (as quoted on this blog) (as you read this, read each word and phrase slowly and let the truth of what he's saying really sink in your mind and heard):
"We can make the right answer sound old hat, but I guarantee this: God will surprise you. He will make you stop. You will struggle. He will bring you up short. You will hurt. He will take his time. You will grow in faith and in love. He will deeply delight you. You will find the process harder than you ever imagined – and better. Goodness and mercy will follow you all the days of your life. No matter how many times you’ve heard it, no matter how long you’ve known it, no matter how well you can say it, God’s answer will come to mean something better than you could ever imagine."

If you'll allow me, I'll tell you my story...