There are things in our lives that become more than what they are. A journal. A house. A relationship. And sometimes — a car.
For 14 years, my car was all of that. It drove me through a layoff I didn't see coming. It sat with me in parking lots while I cried and prayed. It carried groceries during the single mom seasons when I was figuring out how to stretch every dollar and still show up with a smile. It drove me to the conferences that changed my mindset, to the jobs that paid the bills, to the moments that shaped who I became.
Two hundred thousand miles of my life sat in that car.
Why Letting Go Was So Hard
I kept thinking — once I let it go, I'm saying that season is over. And there was something about that I wasn't ready for. Even though the season was hard. Even though I had grown beyond it. Even though God had clearly been moving me forward the whole time.
Holding on felt like honoring the journey. But I eventually realized — letting go was the honor.
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord — plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
That verse didn't hit me the way it used to when I first learned it. When I was in the hard seasons, it felt like a promise I was waiting for. When I finally let go of the car — it felt like proof that the promise had been kept all along.
What It Taught Me About Trust
I've been building my business while working a 9-to-5. I've been learning new tools, creating content, launching offers, and some days wondering if any of it is working. And the car became this unexpected mirror for all of that.
Every time I thought about keeping it — even when it was clearly time to move on — I recognized a pattern. The same pattern I see in my coaching work. The same pattern I had to face in myself before I could ever teach it to someone else.
We hold on to what's familiar because at least we know how it ends. Moving forward means facing the unknown — and that takes faith that most of us haven't practiced enough.
The Step Forward
I got a new car. And pulling out of that lot, I wasn't just driving somewhere new. I was choosing to believe that what God has ahead is better than what I've been holding onto.
That's the posture I want to bring into everything I build. Not reckless — but trusting. Not naive — but expectant.
Because if He carried me through 200,000 miles of hard seasons, He can certainly carry me through what comes next.
Whatever you're holding onto today — ask yourself if you're honoring the journey or delaying the next chapter. Sometimes the most faithful thing you can do is let go.
— Ivy