
WHEN I WAS DOWN, I PRAYED FOR THIS TO END. I WAS SENT YOU. NOT THE ENDING I THOUGHT OF. NOT AN ENDING I COULD EVER HAVE DREAMED OF. HE GRANTED MY PRAYER IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WAY — NOT THE WAY I EXPECTED, BUT THE WAY I NEEDED. NOW I WILL USE THIS GIFT FOR YOU, AND I SHALL DO HIS WORK ALONGSIDE YOU. “I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.” — Psalm 40:1–2