Trust…with all your heart

God often drops things in our spirit in times we least expect it.

I realized this week, on the 28th to be exact, that it was one year ago to the day that I found out about all of the health problems with sweet little Baby Rains.

Now you can imagine the emotions that came over me, but I had to STOP and meditate on where my family is today. I will never minimize the grief I felt during 2010, and I will never forget the anguish of NOT KNOWING if my child would be born very ill, not at all or if she would only last a few short days or even hours.

But GOD knew it all! He is holding our sweet baby girl and will take care of her much better than I ever could. And at the same time he is holding our family on this earth until we can join her.

My best friend repainted my kitchen during our struggle…might sound odd but she knew that it was something that I really wanted. After she painted I put the words "TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART" from Proverbs 3: 5 on the wall. I FINALLY knew what that trust looked like.

Now ONE YEAR later I just feel this joy and peace knowing that I TRUSTED WITH ALL MY HEART…and HE WAS SO FAITHFUL. Our answer may not always be the answer that we would like, but God's ways are PERFECT. Yes…PERFECT!

And in the middle of our greatest anguish we can know that it WILL pass and God in His complete perfection will be glorified. This is the key. God is and has been glorified through the situation and a TRUST that was given WITH ALL MY HEART.

LOVE

It is quite interesting to me that the "LOVE chapter" was such a part of our reading this week.

As we began this study, many people expressed how hard it is to truly trust and to feel that we are safe...

In I Corinthians 13:7 it says. "It (LOVE) always protects, always, trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

"Always TRUSTS" - this hit me hard as I read through this because I relate it to the pure Love that we are to have for others. A love that trusts and yet forgives when that trust is broken. God is love and he has entrusted us with SO MUCH - our families, our neighbors, HIS EARTHLY KINGDOM...yet when we fail he is so faithful to forgive completely.

Let this resonate within you today. I believe that I will need to rethink this trust thing...how about you?

Blessing!

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I hope that everyone is having an amazing week.

God is truly good to each of us and as we discover His Word together I want this blog to be a place to share our heart, our requests and our discovery.

As I was reading Ephesians you all came to my mind - Paul says in Ephesians 1: 17 - 18,

"The Spirit will make you wise and let you understand what it means to know God. My prayer is that light will flood your hearts and that you will understand the hope that was given to you when God chose you. "

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Blessings!

April