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You never know who the Lord is going to send you way to bring you some encouragement. For me, it was Sarah.

Let’s go back to this last Summer, August to be precise. Our lives felt thrown into the air between a move, a new job, settling, sorting, figuring. Add into the mix I was journeying into becoming a small business owner (and of course the long list of stressers that inevitably followed). As you can probably imagine, emotions were up and down (thank you Michael for being my strong rock!) At this particular time my heart was discouraged. Is going into photography full time what the Lord really had for me? Was this where God had gifted me, where He was leading me? I needed some encouragement big time! Lots of prayers were being said for me at this time (thank you everyone who knelt before our Father on my behalf!)

I had been praying for God to show me, lift my spirits, bring business. And what my incredibly wise older sister told me was this (and I’ll never forget it!) She said, “If God answered prayers the same way He did last time we prayed to Him, our faith would never be stretched to grow.” And it was faith growing that God saw fit was best for my life at that point.

So silence. No one likes it, but I learned to understand that sometimes that is what drives us deeper into the word. Deeper into truth. It drives us into His arms. Silence calls for our continual speaking of truth to ourselves. Reminds our minds what the Lord has already proved true of Himself in our past.

And then, weeks later–I received an email from Sarah. I still have it saved. Her words were my hearts encouragement, sent straight from our loving Father. Not only her desire to book a shoot (which of course was a confirmation of how the Lord was leading my life) but her words to me. “I read your blog about what defined you and it blessed my socks off! I love supporting people that strive to serve the Lord in all that the do! You were a glimmer of love, happiness and pure joy…” And that—that was the tip of the iceberg of what the Lord was about to do in my life. The beginning of watching Him show up in mighty ways. The start to confirmation after confirmation of His direction in my life. And those words Sarah wrote were words that lifted my spirits at the exact moment it was needed.

It was almost like God was saying, “Lacey, I love you. See this is the work that I have designed you to do. You are making a difference. Be encouraged My child!”

I don’t think Sarah ever knew how she impacted my life. How three sentences changed a course in my heart. And it challenged me—is the Lord asking me to write three sentences to someone else? I love how the Lord works!! So personally. So faithfully. What good, loving Father!

So Sarah, thank you. Thank you for being used of the Lord in my life! What a joy–what a pure joy–to get to be a part of your family’s lives again this year! How sweet to watch you interact with your children, to hear how you’re raising them as young men and women of the Lord. How beautiful to watch the love between you and Doug, the way you laugh with each other. And thank you for your words. Thank you. For so much more than you’ll know….