I Bought A New Pair of Pink Shoes

Life's upheavals over the past several years have left me confused, depressed, and sad with a feeling of hopelessness and my self-worth being dented, to say the least.

It's been difficult, and I've been praying and hoping and wishing and pondering and trying and fighting and and and and

God's answer isn't always what you think it should be. Sometimes change is inevitable, and it's what God's plan is for you.

So, off to change I go. I can't believe how good this feels. I wish I would have done this sooner. I'm hopeful again, excited about my future, dreaming about what God has in store for me. I have faith in Him, and I'll keep praying through this grand finale of my storm, but, I can take it.

God is so gloriously good.

Yes, new beginnings are on the horizon, and inasmuch as I probably should be sad or mad, I'm not. I feel alive again, and very much like myself again. It's like "Where've you been?" I ask myself.

While shopping over the weekend, I bought a new pair of pink shoes. Yes. Pink. Perfect. Something I would do. Something to mark the beginning of the end.

I can't help but smile.