As Easter and Mother's Day approach, I am overwhelmed by how God has blessed our family! Without Christ's sacrifice we wouldn't even be where we are. And without the Lord's prompting, this sweet, amazing, and beautiful young woman wouldn't be in our family. As a Mom, my heart bursts with pride over the three children in our home AND the three baby girls we were blessed to foster. I feel like a Momma of six!!! Why the Lord chose us to live out this wonderful plan I will never know, but I am giddy in the midst of it all.
I heard a quote yesterday that went something like this: "God allows storms in our life so we can learn more about ourselves and more about Him." While I've always understood that God certainly teaches me about Him through every trial, I've never deeply considered what He may be teaching me about myself. It made me think about what I know to be true about my faith that I didn't know three years ago. First, my faith is real (oh, is it REAL)! Next, the Lord is always intimately close to me no matter what I am doing, and He cares about my thoughts, feelings, and sorrows. Depending on Him has given me a deep love for His holiness. Lastly, my faith will never come to a stopping point because He is constantly pruning my humanness so His love can blossom and pour out. Even as I write this post my heart is overflowing with gratitude for the compassion God has placed in my heart not only for my family but for everyone I meet. And that gift of compassion is a result of obedience, a result of struggle. A result of pain that challenged me to my core. A result of trusting God even when I didn't want to take the next step for fear of more heartache. Yet the Savior experienced everything I've experienced and exponentially MORE. What kept me going was knowing that Jesus knew my pain, and God always has a wonderful plan as demonstrated through the resurrection of His Son.
God always has a wonderful plan, and we can trust Him.
Happy Easter, friends!
