Walking The Path God Paved

There’s a deep-rooted idea in our culture that work and life should be separate. That business is just business, and personal matters should stay personal. But what happens when your work is your life? When your mission, purpose, and daily work are all wrapped into one calling?

For my husband and me, there is no division. We don’t clock in and out of what God has asked us to do. We are called to a lifestyle of service, growth, and regeneration—not just in the soil but in hearts and minds. We help people grow food, build self-sufficiency, and raise their thinking to a higher level, a regenerative level. That mission doesn’t come with a neat schedule or a steady paycheck, but it does come with God’s provision.

And yet, time and time again, we find that the ones who understand this the least are those closest to us.

When Your Path Doesn’t Look Familiar to Others

We’ve received so much support from people who barely know us—strangers across the country who have cheered us on, encouraged us, and even contributed to making this work possible. These people see the vision. They see the impact. They see that what we are building is something bigger than ourselves.

But at the same time, we’ve faced skepticism, doubt, and even resistance from family, friends, and neighbors. Some see our choices as reckless. Some think we are unstable. Some believe we should settle down, get a “normal” job, and stop living so unconventionally. And others—often without meaning harm—measure our lives through a lens that just doesn’t fit what we’re doing.

We’ve been called crazy, irresponsible, and impractical. And to be honest, if we looked at our life through the world’s standards, we might even agree. But we don’t operate by the world’s standards—we operate by God’s.

Obedience Over Approval

The thing is, when God calls you to do something, He doesn’t always send a crowd of supporters to validate your path. He doesn’t always make it easy or give you instant success. Often, He calls you to walk in faith—to trust that His provision will come even when logic says it won’t.

And He has provided. Over and over again.

The last 12 months have been difficult... even more though, the last 6 months have been particularly painful.

It was a painful time because it made something clear, something im recognizing [bigger than ever] as i write this today: not everyone will understand the way we live. Not everyone will see the bigger picture. Not everyone will support or believe in what God has called us to do.

And we have to be okay with that.

And sometimes, (If you've heard about the dream I had last year about the WAVE) it feels like we’re standing on the shore during a tsunami. The lifeguards are blowing their whistles, shouting at us to get back, warning us that it’s too dangerous to go in. But God isn’t telling us to run—He’s telling us to ride the wave. To trust that He’s not leading us into disaster, but into something greater than we could imagine. The people on shore don’t understand because they’re operating out of fear, out of logic, out of what they would do. But faith moves differently.

Faith Moves Differently

There’s a lesson in all of this, and it’s one that keeps coming up: Not everyone will understand the road God puts you on—and that’s okay.

Faith moves differently. It doesn’t operate on logic alone. It requires trust, obedience, and sometimes, the willingness to walk through rejection or misunderstanding.

We don’t do what we do because it’s easy. We do it because it’s right. Because it’s what God has asked of us. And because we know that living in alignment with Him is worth far more than the approval of man.

If you feel called to something unconventional—if your work doesn’t fit the mold, if your lifestyle challenges norms, if your choices confuse the people around you—don’t let that stop you.

Keep trusting. Keep walking. Keep believing that God has a plan for you that doesn’t require the validation of others.

Let’s be people who uplift, encourage, and trust that God works in ways we don’t always understand. May we all strive to be more compassionate, more self-aware, and more willing to support each other—even when someone’s road looks nothing like our own.

You don’t have to understand someone’s journey to walk beside them in love.