I can hardly believe I’m back from an ENTIRE YEAR break from Sarah Best Photography. In so many ways it feels like it was just a few months, and then when I think about all the Lord did in me in this time, it feels like years. All I can really say to sum up this time is that I’m THANKFUL. Thankful for that precious season and also thankful to be entering back in to this sweet and meaningful work I get to do. I’m entering back in changed and humbled by my Shepherd’s care and leadership in my life.
If you’re thinking to yourself, “What did I miss? I didn’t see this coming?” You are not alone and I was right there with you! Hah! Out of the blue, November 2022, the Lord made it clear to me that He was inviting me to loosen the grip of control and to trust Him in a big way. He was inviting me to create space, and to lean in to something He was doing in me, our family, and our Church. He invited me into laying Sarah Best Photography aside so that He could have my attention and affection at a greater capacity. He wanted to reorder my priorities and realign how I was functioning in my many roles as a wife, mother, and business owner. Was it simple and without sacrifice? No of course not. :-) But as I look back, it was truly His kindness and for my good that He would initiate and lead me into this time. I have only gratitude and trust towards Him when I think about it all. This leads me to have hope and confidence that whatever deficiency or challenge my business may face from this “not so strategic business decision” and time away, I can rely on The Shepherd’s care for me.
There is so much of this story that cannot be expressed in words on a page or through an Instagram post, neither “should” it be… But I hope that what I have shared serves as an encouragement to you in your journey of trusting and following The Shepherd’s leading in your life even especially with the biggest and scariest things.
To all my sweet clients that I missed getting to be a part of your year and getting to capture those precious relationships and milestones, I am truly saddened about this. That was one of the hardest parts since you can’t just shoot a “redo” after the fact for those moments in time and milestones. These precious seasons are fleeting. I feel the weight of that more and more every year in my own family. I do very much look forward to being reunited with many of you this year and get to have your dear families in front of my camera again soon.
My availability will look different moving forward than it has in the past, so if you’d really like to have me be a part of documenting this season for your family and your precious relationships, please reach out soon so we can make sure that happens!
Thank you for taking time to listen and hear a little bit about what this year has meant to me. It truly means a lot to me in this instant age where we aren’t accustomed to really stopping long enough to truly listen and give people our attention. I truly appreciate it!
Some of you have been asking, so as a little treat for coming to the blog and reading along, here are our super sweet photos of my fam that we took last summer!
Thank you to my sweet friend, Katlyn with Katlyn Marie Photo Art for taking these for our family!