The Between Places

At the very beginning of last year, I did something I’ve never done before: I took myself on a writing retreat. I booked a hotel room in downtown Nashville, and I promised myself that while I was there, I was going to write as much as I could.

As I was packing for the weekend, I filled a backpack with my Bible and all of my journals from the trickiest, most confusing, most painful between places of my life.

I also brought a little bag with an ice pack, two needles, and a vial of medicine.

That weekend I was four weeks away from our IVF embryo transfer (the procedure where they put our little embryo back in my body and hope it implants and begins to grow!), and I was six weeks from finding out if this whole thing worked or if we were back to square one in our journey to be parents.

And that timing meant that I had to give myself shots when I woke up every morning.

I had absolutely no idea what God was up to, what His plan was, or what news I’d receive when those six weeks were up — and it was from that place that I wrote The Between Places.

It seems like a weird moment to write about trusting God with your future. Right? But actually, it was the perfect moment.

I spent the weekend combing through the between places God and I have walked through together so far — remembering all of the times when life felt so uncertain, and where God was in the midst of it.

And as I reflected on His faithfulness first in my memory and then through my writing, I found myself believing even more deeply that just like I could trust Him back then, I could trust Him in this between place too.

The prompts and exercises and verses and stories in this prayer journal are how I was able to get through that long, painful between place — as well as all of the ones that led up to it — and how I know I’ll get through all of the between places to come.

This prayer journal is a lifeline for me when I don’t know what’s coming next in my life, and I’m praying it’s the very same for you too.

+ Hardcover

+ 368 pages

+ Measures 6.5 x 8.5

+ The soft, linen cover is printed with gold foil

+ Each of the 100 prayer prompts is followed by 2.5 lined pages — giving you lots of space to write, reflect, and pray

+ Each journal comes with a satin ribbon to help you mark your place

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