Brianne Henry

F or the last few years, I have tried to choose a word or phrase to focus on in the coming year. I ended 2015 on a spiritual high and I recall 2016's focus being "dedicated passion." That was mostly lived out in the leading of the MOPS ministry at our last church. Then 2017 came barrelling in and knocked me off my feet. I had no word or phrase that I remember striving for except "survival." This past year has not been one where I've grown leaps and bounds in my relationship with Christ. Until the later part of the year, it was one where I didn't even have the energy (or quite frankly, desire) to open my Bible or pray. I say that in complete honesty and transparency. 2017 was tough. But here we are, just a couple weeks away from yet another new year. I'm feeling so much better than I was six months ago. I'm feeling like me again. And while I can think of a whole slew of things I need to work on, one is key. Luke has a sign in his office that re

I                turned 30 on November 22, 2016. I was 8 months pregnant on my 30th birthday and just a couple of days before the start of 2017, Rebecca Sue joined our family. 2017 has been a hard year for me...mentally, physically (looking at you, lost sleep), and spiritually. Here are three things I've learned since I celebrated my 30th birthday. 1. I am weak and that is okay. God uses all kinds of circumstances and experiences to shape us. Some of those are great experiences and some of them are tough. This year, I walked through one of those tough experiences. I'm a firm believer in sharing our struggles with one another. There is no shame in your struggle, your hard place, unless you keep it hidden from the world. Darkness creeps in when we refuse to bring our struggles into the light. After I had Becca, I suffered from postpartum depression. There, it is in the light. I am just now beginning to dig deep into that time in my life and from my research PPD looks differe