What an incredible week it has been. In preparation for this new life growing in my womb, friends celebrated and honored me with a wonderful baby shower. It was so much fun...I had invited a cousin who couldn't attend because they were leaving for a long road trip. Joy and happiness filled the air of our home on Monday night. Then I got the phone call on Tuesday. Sadness and tears filled the day...along with the rest of the week. The worst part was not being able to be close to my cousin and her hurting heart. They were involved in a car accident in the middle of Texas (so very far away from family and friends) that killed her oldest daughter and left her with some severe injuries.
It has been a difficult week...and I have tried really hard not to talk about it with anyone. It's not that I don't want to share my grief and sorrow. It's actually just so overwhelming when I think about what could have happened. They all could have been killed. It could have been so much worse.
However, I am still praising God. So many people want to blame God because He could have prevented the accident. But I just can't do that. I am hurting for this precious family and the heartache that will continue for a lifetime. But I still can't blame God. Yes, He is sovereign and in control of everything. But I can't stop thinking about how He is going to glorify Himself through this awful tragedy. I am praying for things that people cannot even begin to fathom. I am praying for redemption of souls...souls that may end up in the pit of hell for eternity. But if God can use this to bring people out of the pit of sin and darkness, then we could see the glory of God.
May God's will be done. He will be glorified. Most people don't want to hear these things at a time like this. So I just choke back the tears and say, "I am so sorry."
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Door Posts
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So I am sharing about a neat new biblical parenting blog from Door Posts. I have a few resources that I have purchased from them over the years and have been so pleased with their approach.
So I am sharing about a neat new biblical parenting blog from Door Posts. I have a few resources that I have purchased from them over the years and have been so pleased with their approach.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
God Is Good All the Time
I often wonder where God is when I am going through a struggle. We have been going through the book of James at church...and the 2nd verse of the book says to "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness."
Seriously? Count it all joy?
Well, I am being tested...and I have been having a hard time being joyful about it. But praise be to God! He is actually helping me find the joy. Every day, I see just a little more of Him and less of me. I see His hand on my life and the life of my family. When I allow Him to lead me, I am actually at peace in the very mundane tasks of everyday life. Only a few months ago, I was so concerned about not having that extra income that we absolutely "needed." But the more I pray about it and release control to Him, the more He blesses my soul.
He has been preparing me for a while to go down this road of staying at home with my children full time. And I am so eternally grateful that He led me down this path. My heart has yearned desperately to be at home with them. I just always thought that we "needed" that extra little income. Well, the extra money is nice...but do we spend it wisely? Probably not. Thankfully, God has been preparing me and teaching me about depending more on Him. So I have learned to be a little more frugal...and am learning more every day! Of course, I didn't see those things a few months ago. I also didn't see that my life would be so crazy with doctors and illness and sheer exhaustion over these last few weeks. But God saw it coming...He prepared a way for me to be able to handle all of the busyness. If I had been working that part-time job, I never would have been able to manage all of it.
Even when we don't even know it, God is good all the time. And for that, I am so thankful that He knows my needs so much better than I do!
Seriously? Count it all joy?
Well, I am being tested...and I have been having a hard time being joyful about it. But praise be to God! He is actually helping me find the joy. Every day, I see just a little more of Him and less of me. I see His hand on my life and the life of my family. When I allow Him to lead me, I am actually at peace in the very mundane tasks of everyday life. Only a few months ago, I was so concerned about not having that extra income that we absolutely "needed." But the more I pray about it and release control to Him, the more He blesses my soul.
He has been preparing me for a while to go down this road of staying at home with my children full time. And I am so eternally grateful that He led me down this path. My heart has yearned desperately to be at home with them. I just always thought that we "needed" that extra little income. Well, the extra money is nice...but do we spend it wisely? Probably not. Thankfully, God has been preparing me and teaching me about depending more on Him. So I have learned to be a little more frugal...and am learning more every day! Of course, I didn't see those things a few months ago. I also didn't see that my life would be so crazy with doctors and illness and sheer exhaustion over these last few weeks. But God saw it coming...He prepared a way for me to be able to handle all of the busyness. If I had been working that part-time job, I never would have been able to manage all of it.
Even when we don't even know it, God is good all the time. And for that, I am so thankful that He knows my needs so much better than I do!
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