Life has its ups and downs. Death of my spouse and others very close to me in 2018. Down… New direction in life. Ups and Downs… New opportunities. Ups for the most part... New realities. Definitely down… But, the key to all of this is what I have learned. You see, I could have allowed the downs to take me on a path of no return…a path that would lead to me giving up. This path was very realistic to me after the death of my beloved husband, John, of over 27 years. But, I knew that God had more for me. I knew that God had planted a seed on the inside of me that would cause me to move forward even when I didn’t want to move forward. After my husband’s death, I could have just stayed in, “ It shall be well ” land. Instead, I moved like the Shunamite woman to the land of “ It IS well… ” Please allow me to explain. In II Kings 4:15 - 37, we meet a Shunamite woman. She was intent on serving the Prophet God chose to use in that region in