What If This Is Not the End of Your Story?

You and I both know what it’s like when a story turns in ways we never would have chosen, when what we hoped would hold instead falls apart. Vaneetha Risner has lived with that tension. I remember having coffee with her at a writers’ conference the week her divorce was final, hearing pieces of her story for the first time, and noticing how she kept holding onto Jesus in the middle of it. I couldn’t love or esteem this woman more — Vaneetha writes with an honesty that doesn’t rush past pain and a faith that doesn’t pretend easy answers. She invites us to look closely at the places we’d rather avoid and to consider where God might still be at work, even there. This piece is one of those reflections—on loss, on unexpected life, and on what God can do in places that feel beyond hope. It’s a joy to welcome Vaneetha to the farm’s front porch today… Guest post by Vaneetha Risner I still remember the day my husband told me he was in love with someone else. He had been distant for a while, and I told myself it was just work. We needed more time together, […]