I needed this trip, severely. Looking in the mirror this morning, I barely recognize the guy who set off eleven days ago on what became over a week in Florida. It’s not the face of the Chris who’s spent most of the past several months in grief over the passing of a parent, or in frustration of other things that have tested my perseverance.
Sometimes you need to step away from things and give God some elbow room to work His way on your life. I have been so focused on writing my book and the hard wall of progress I’ve been hitting since late February, so trapped by the four walls of my living room and too many times bouts of depression, that those had become the only substantial elements of my life. And that’s not right at all.
For sake of myself, the book, everything… I had to ...
