From the Editor
 

When I first opened submissions for this anthology, I didn’t have a set theme in mind. But as I’ve read and absorbed each one of the poems in this work, I feel the words “even so” written on my heart.

Childhood is rough, but even so, our God is good.

Raising kids and loving a spouse comes with a myriad of troubles, but even so, God works through them all.

Watching loved ones suffer is the worst kind of evil, but even so, God gives us the hope of an eternity with Him.

Hopefully, you, too, can see the “even so” lined within each one of these pieces, remembering always that no matter how hard this life may get, even so, He’ll never leave your side.