The Seen Unforeseen

When I began this website a few years ago, I had dreams and aspirations about what it would become. I was going to knock the little hometown dust off my feet and travel to find inspiration, to create, and to serve others along the way. I spent hours researching vans to convert into a tiny home and studio on wheels. I setup social media profiles and talked to friends to collaborate with. I began taking road trips and creating content, even raising some funds to donate handmade blankets to a local nursing home.

Then, life's path forked the way it sometimes does, with the clear path dead ended and the winding, hilly one open but foggy. There was only one choice, but it took a deep breath, gumption and a whole lot of faith to venture away from the road I thought was my future. Terrifying. At least, it could have been.

As I moved forward, however, unable to see what was coming and grieving what I'd left behind, I clung to these promises:

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.

Proverbs 19:21

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5-6

I didn't get the life that I thought I was moving towards, but have been showered, refreshed and matured with blessings that I hadn't expected. No more creative service road trips for a time, but much needed travel to visit loved ones after the lockdowns of the pandemic. No studio on wheels, but a shared office with someone who loves me in a way no one else has before. No major exhibitions or art sales, but much more immediate and important personal projects.

Bear with me, though. I haven't given up hope on investing time back into The Emri Road Project. God hasn't removed this desire from my heart. He's just reordered my priorities for the time being.