Hi, there.

How’s your stay-at-home spring going? I have to admit that I’m kind of surprised at how hard this has been. I’m a total homebody. I love to stay to stay home. I love to cook. I even really like laundry. I’m all about domesticity. And still, this is super hard. In the face of all the uncertainty and all the togetherness, some really hard things have bubbled up.

You, too? Maybe? Or if not you personally, maybe a friend of yours has hit a rough spot?

I’m definitely ready to Consider the Lilies, definitely ready to be reminded that God has a plan for my good.

The book is personal and introspective and perfect for quiet contemplation with God. It's designed to be used by you alone in conversation with the Word. But it also digs deep into some things that equip women to be good friends. It gives the reader insight into the hard times in someone else's life, and then gives her the words to speak into those times. So, it's a solitary book that opens into community. 

To that end, we've created community here for it. Because right now, we’re all exceedingly grateful for virtual community. Beginning April 20, we'll check in here every day to chat. A gifted photographer as well as a Lilies writer, Ginny Sheller has gathered those most amazing bouquet of flowers for us, and a young lady who shares my last name has has prepared an image to share to go with every single post. Then we have some conversation starters in case you come away from your personal time wanting to bounce things off someone else here online. You can subscribe to those daily emails right here and when you do, you'll find a link to some beautiful printables suitable for framing at the end of the emails.

But maybe you want to gather your own intimate group via Facebook or FaceTime or Zoom. We've thought of that, too. You can have a free group guide that was created to go along with the Consider the Lilies journal. In it, you'll find some tips for gathering a group, some recipes to feed your friends, and some questions to get the conversation going. The guide is free for the taking.  You can flip through the guide here right now and you can find a link to download it. 

If you have Considered the Lilies with us before, please drop us a note and let people know what the book meant to you. We’d love for you to join us again. And will you tell a friend we're here? We've done everything we could to create a place for you; we do need you to share the news. 

Thanks so much for being here, and thanks for making our very unexpected stay at home spring a little brighter for your company.

xo

Elizabeth