“When He allows you to be stripped, it’s for deeper worship, the man is the Lord’s candlestick, taking layers off for deeper intimacy with Him.” Having been stripped of so much these past few years, there is a depth of intimacy that maybe I would not have without the stripping. And honestly that’s wild to think about out loud. “I'm not sure if ‘everything happens for a reason,’ but I do know that God can use everything that happens for a reason.”