“A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.”
Ecclesiastes 4:12
Over the past few years since I began writing here at Triple Braided, this blog has metamorphosed and become more refined as I process experiences in my life. I write out out of my experiences, and those experiences have mostly been John’s sickness and then later my years as a single woman. From my season of singleness comes my passion for single women, and what I believe to be one of the reasons God allowed me to experience those years, so that I can encourage and minister to other women in their season of singleness. For this I consider those years a blessing, and I honestly would not change them if it means that they can be used to show others a glimmer of Jesus in their lives.
However, my life has changed since then. Even though I still feel like that single girl now embodying a married woman’s body, the reality is that I am married, and now I am going to have a baby. My thoughts swarm with questions and ideas and wonderings about these seasons of my life, too, and I need a space to lay down all of this fullest in my mind. That place is Triple Braided.
There is a common theme in my life, which I first recognized at the end of my years as a single woman. Regardless of what season I have been in or am in now, I still struggle with surrendering my life to Jesus. I struggle with keeping Him as the Third Braid in my life. I struggle with laying my life down for a bigger purpose that I know nothing of yet. For me, it’s the everyday where I struggle with surrender the most. It is easier for me to surrender my husband being on life support or my mom dying of cancer. It is easier for me to have courage and hope in the experiences that I literally cannot control. But everyday I struggle with surrendering the little things that lead me to bondage and eventually will no longer be little but will become strongholds that are harder to mend. The mission of Triple Braided comes from my struggle with surrender.
I may be considered an “expert” in singleness only because when you are out of something is suddenly become crystal clear. And like I said, I still feel that single girl trapped inside a married woman’s body. I don’t want that for other single women. I want them to feel freedom in their single years and in their future marriages. Single women are my heart, and Triple Braided will always have a prominent place for you here. I will continue to write for you to hopefully shed some wisdom, love, and encouragement on this season of your life.
And by no means am I an expert in marriage or motherhood. I tend to always feel like whatever stage I’m in it is the “hardest things I’ve ever done”, and I feel that way about marriage right now. Marriage is hard. And I hear motherhood is harder. I know nothing about either of them really. But I want to share what God shows me in these areas of my life, too, so that others may see Him in their lives.
So this is the direction Triple Braided is taking. The mission is to encourage women in a life surrendered to Jesus through every season so that we can experience unbroken lives.
Jesus said, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their live for me will save it.”
Luke 9:23-24 (NIV)
I pray that God will be glorified though my words and that together, as a community of Christ-followers, we will experience peace through seeking to lead surrendered, Triple Braided lives. I am honored to have you a part of it.
Do you struggle with surrendering each day to Jesus? Is it more in the “big things” or in the “little things” like me? Leave a note in the comments. I would love to hear from you.
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