A Cord of Three Strands: Life Brings Change—but God Stays the Same

In an instant, everything changed… but that's how life works.

We get so used to our daily routines that sometimes we forget that in an instant, your life can look vastly different. This picture was from Wine and the Word, and I was harboring a little secret… I was a couple weeks pregnant and full of excitement for the little ball of life growing inside of me.

When you stay close to God, he’ll truly order your steps. He’ll have you do things you never thought to do, put you in places you never expected to be and around people you never intended to interact with. He’s funny and thoughtful that way. And that is exactly what happened to me when I accepted a Bible study request from one of my best friends. 

God put it on her heart to invite me, and another girlfriend, to read devotions on, yes you guessed it, the Youversion Bible App! We started reading a devotional called, “Overcoming and Becoming,” and sometime in the second week, I decided to go on a social media fast. I didn’t think much about it because, I mean, we all know a break from social media does the body good! 🙌🏽

At the time, I didn’t know God was strategically getting me to a place where I was locked in with him—without distractions. Every day, no matter morning, noon or night, I made sure I took the time to dive into my devotional for the day. I even noticed I’d start yearning for my praise playlist when I wanted to listen to music. I was flooding myself—filling myself up!

So when the news of the miscarriage came, three weeks into our devotional series, I had a deep well of truth to pull from. At this point, I’ve been pregnant twice. One ended in a TFMR and this one a miscarriage. Although different, they yielded the same outcome. Needless to say, I was devastated and had a slew of questions for God. The icing on top, my surgery landed a day before the two year anniversary of when I had my first loss. Crazy right?! I found myself fighting to keep my thoughts from diving into that deep dark hole anyone can slip into when presented with loss. 

But I did dive. DEEP. I dove deep into the well God had been filling up for the past month. I’m 100% confident that my obedience leading up to receiving that news gave me the strength to move through. Was it easy, no. But I’d hate to think of how I would have responded if I wasn’t tapping into the Word on a daily basis.

I don’t know why God put it on your heart to join our devotional group, A Cord of Three Strands, but I’d like to think it’s because just like our cord — you’re not easily broken! You’re here for a reason. What you take in through our devotional group is preparing you for your next encounter! It could be a promotion, a big move, the end of a relationship or the beginning of a new one, you could have a crucial decision coming your way that’ll change your life! YOU have no idea, but GOD does.

So even if it’s not with us, my prayer is that you stay tapped into the Word. Stay close to His voice. He’s preparing, shaping and molding you for what’s coming next.

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