I made an incredibly difficult decision today. One of the toughest decisions I’ve made in a long time. Over the past month I’ve met with half a dozen publishers. I’m trying to figure out where to partner with my next book. Here’s the challenge: I genuinely loved every publishing team I met with. And every one brings a unique strength to the table.

Some decisions are 80/20 decisions and those decisions are easy to make. It’s the 51/49 decisions that are agonizing. That’s where you need supernatural discernment. That’s when you need to hear the still small voice of the Holy Spirit. And then you hope you heard Him right.

The hardest decisions are rarely between good and bad. The hardest decisions are usually trying to decipher between good, better, and best. In one sense, you can’t go wrong because they’re all good. But I never want to settle for good. I want God’s good, pleasing, and PERFECT will. Then, at some point, you need to just pull the trigger and not look back. That’s what I did yesterday.

The hardest part was making a personal phone call to each publisher I said “no” too. I’m not good at saying “no.” And I was so humbled by and grateful for each offer. I think those calls took a year off of my life, but each one was very gracious. Over the years I’ve learned that how you exit is so important and I always want to exit the right way!

More details to follow. Just needed the catharsis!