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Hi! I had to come back becauseI met some really nice people yesterday!
I want to give Chris, Cathy, Steve, Matt, and of course Joe a shout out. And, of course our waiter Max! Joe, finally we meet the guy who we see every week on zoom! Thank you all for accepting my card! I pray you will all be encouraged by my writings! Have a great day and hope we all see each other again!
Today I'm going to write about something that I feel strongly about. I wouldn't be surprised if the Lord put the topic in my heart because there is somebody out there listening
that needs to hear what I'm about to talk about. Are you someone who is about to adopt a child? Is this person feeling kind of "iffy" or not sure"? Basically, you're just not content with your decision.
All I know is that if you were not feeling content with your decision? It's just gonna keep bothering you. It is going to keep on bugging you until you do feel content. Did I do the right thing?? What if this what if I did that?
Personally, for me? Ever since I knew of motherhood? I knew I wanted to have kids of my own one day. And I wanted to adopt kids as well. Oh yeah that's what I wanted.
However, many years later in my adulthood years, I found that's not what God allowed me to do.
After having 2 miscarriages and losing 2 baby boys at a little over 4 months? And, almost losing my own life twice? I have come to the understanding that I am unable to bear and have kids of my own or adopt any as well.
It sucks. Like any normal person who wanted to be a mother? I was pretty bummed after hearing this news. However, I'm not gonna be mad about it.
Neither are my parents or my husband. My mom told me the other day not to worry about having kids. She told me that I should just focus on geting myself healthy. My husband shares the same thoughts. Anyway, it is what it is.
I just did not understand. I mean I turned my life over to God! And, I try to spread the glory of God in these writings! I grew up as a good church girl in my Catholic faith . And, not one of those bad girls!
When I was 15 I came to have a personal relationship with the Lord, Jesus. I later was on fire for God. And, in my mid 20s I was baptized as a born again Christian believer. For years I've been a memcber of New Hope Church. A Baptist church in a South suburb of Chicago.
I mean I'm not saying I would have been the perfect mother. But, I am pretty sure I would have been a better mother than some of the mothers we hear abouut on the news now. Why would God allow this to happen to me?!
I m pretty sure I'm not the only one who has had some unfortunate interruptions come. Perhaps, you were just told by your doctor you have a disease with no cure and weeks left to live. Or, you were just terminated from your job just out of the blue. Maybe, you just found out that your spouse after being together for years has been living a double life and has another life with another spouse and family? Oh, I had a friend who's husband did that to her and it practically killed her.
Anyway, what comes to mind is the Bible character, Job. The Lord said that Satan can do whatever he wanted to his faithful servant Job.
Seriously, when I think of someone who's had trial after trial and just massive storms in life? Job is the man that I think of.
His family died suddenly and was taken away from him. Satan affected sores all over Job's body.
Job's wife told Job Why don't you curse God and
die ?
Job replied, “Don't talk like a fool! If we accept blessings from God, we must accept trouble as well.” In all that happened, Job never once said anything against God.
Job 2:9-10 CEVUK
Wow, now personally if it was me? Would I have the same reaction as Job? Probably not. However, I am thankful for his example. And, I can only pray and hope that I can one day emulate exactly what he did. What a beautiful and heartfelt lesson to all of us. We truly all need to praise the Lord Jesus Christ in any storm we may be going through. We have to remember that no we don't know what the end result will be after the storm. But, we can be encouraged because if we know the Lord Jesus Christ as personal Lord and savior? And, have a personal relationship with him? God is with us as we go through the storm! So,let'spraise him in any storm!
Let me end with words from well known writer of the Daily Bread devotional sometimes, Arthur Jackson.
" By God’s strength, may our trust in and reverence for Him remain, even when we can’t understand how He’s at work during life’s difficult days,"
James 1:2
Consider pure joy my brothers and sisters
whenever you face trials of many kinds so that you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance
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