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What is LTBOTW?

All of our life stories have moments in which we feel stuck, abandoned, lost, fill in the blank. Sometimes those moments can be just a page, sometimes they feel like a whole chapter, or sometimes it seems like that is just going to be the underlying theme of the whole story.

Love the Belly of the Whale is all about reminding you, reminding me, and helping us remind each other that those moments when you feel like you’ve been thrown off the boat, into the sea, and swallowed up by a whale…those moments are going to be used by God to get you to the exact place you’re meant to be.

God never forgets about us or leaves us alone. He is always working and He always has a way of purposing those experiences for good. We just have to trust the process and hang in there, with a grateful and loving heart. Graciously waiting for God to answer your prayers is easier said than done. His way, His timing.

As human beings, that kind of faithful attitude does not come naturally and it is a choice we have the freedom to make. Love the Belly of the Whale does not offer a solution to that human struggle of trusting God, but I hope it will be an encouraging reminder that when we feel like we have been thrown off our boat and swallowed up by a whale, chances are there are others around that are “in the same boat” or stuck in the belly of a whale themselves.

God is still with us and holds us in the palm of his hand, and we can help each other trust in His ways. The Lord listens to our cries and will carry us back to dry land. (Jonah: 2)