Turning Life Challenges into Opportunities for Growth & Healing

Don’t Put the Cart Before the Horse By Colleeno Chippy There is an old saying that goes: “Don’t put the cart before the horse.” And the older I get, the more I understand the wisdom in that phrase. Because sometimes in life, we become so focused on the outcome we want that we rush ahead of the process required to sustain it. We focus on the destination before building the foundation. The result before the structure. The cart before the horse. And honestly, many people do this without even realizing it. We become emotionally attached to an idea, a goal, a vision, and in our excitement or desperation to move forward, we start trying to build things out of order. Not because we are foolish. But because we want relief. We want movement.  We want change. And when life feels uncertain, there is a temptation to rush toward what feels like security without fully asking ourselves an important question: “Do I currently have what is needed to sustain what I’m trying to build?” That question ...

Looking Back, I Can See the Preparation By Colleeno Chippy Sometimes we only recognize preparation after the season changes. While we are living through certain moments, they may feel random. Uncomfortable. Even unnecessary. But later… when life shifts…  we begin to see that God was already working long before we understood why. That realization has been sitting heavily on my heart lately. Because when I look back over my life, I can now see places where I was being prepared for a season I had not yet entered. Prepared mentally.  Prepared emotionally.  Prepared spiritually. And at the time, I did not fully understand it. There were habits I once depended on to escape. Not because I was weak—  but because sometimes people use distractions to quiet what they are feeling internally. Sometimes people lean on temporary comforts because reality feels heavy. And for a long time, I thought certain things were helping me cope. Until one day, something shifted within me. Quiet...