If you have recently stepped into a new season and something in leadership has caught you off guard—an undercurrent you didn’t anticipate, an attitude you didn’t expect, a conflict that didn’t make sense—don’t interpret your surprise as failure. Let it become an invitation to return to God. Scripture makes room for both earthly skill and spiritual dependence, but it insists that God’s wisdom is the anchor. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. “

Some betrayals don’t just break trust—they fracture your sense of safety. They make you second-guess your instincts. They make you wonder if you missed something obvious, or if you’re the kind of person who will always attract harm. God can send people who will deeply love and value you exactly as you are, but in order to receive them, you must let go of the people who have deeply hurt or betrayed you.

When we lost Sophia, my world shattered in ways I never imagined possible. I had heard stories of babies dying, but I never thought I would be the one to live through it. The moment I saw her lying still on that morgue table, it felt like the air left my lungs forever. She looked peaceful, as if asleep, but in that moment, it wasn’t just my daughter who was gone—something inside me died too. The dream I had for my life, the happy story of being a fulfilled mother of twins, vanished instantly....