There are seasons in life that feel like they just keep coming… one wave after another.

Grief. Fear. Unexpected loss. Transitions you didn’t see coming.

And in the middle of it, you find yourself wondering… God, where are You in all of this?

In this deeply personal continuation of The Valley, I’m sharing what unfolded after the hardest year of my life—when the grief didn’t stop, the fear intensified, and I found myself walking through a deeper level of surrender than I ever had before.

But I’m also sharing what I couldn’t see at the time…

How God met me in the middle of it. How He gently healed parts of my heart I didn’t even know were still hurting. And how He restored something in me I thought I had lost…

my fire.

If you’re walking through a hard season right now— this episode is for you.

• What it looked like to walk through compounding grief and loss
• How fear showed up—not just as an emotion, but something deeper
• A powerful, personal moment where God met me in the middle of my pain
• What a “slow summer on the porch” with God looked like
• Why the sting of death feels so deep—and what Scripture reveals about it
• How God began restoring my faith, identity, and fire
• What it means to trust God when you don’t understand what He’s doing
• How I can now see that God was working through the valley—not just in spite of it

• 2 Timothy 1:7
• Psalm 46:10
• 1 Corinthians 15:26, 54–55

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Jesus, this is Yours.

May every word, every breath, and every woman who listens experience Your peace, Your presence, and the freedom that comes from placing it all in Your hands.

Created through Him, for Him, and to Him. (Romans 11:36)