We had a great holiday weekend. We were all a little spoiled returning to life as usual today. Especially when it was time for me to go to work. I don't care how long I work, that never gets easier! I miss my family when I am away! Smitty is doing such a great job. I just wish I could be home too! Let me know if any of you think of something where Smitty and I both could be home with our kids! I guess that is not impossible...
Speaking of the possible... My sweet cousin is pregnant with her second little girl, Elizabeth Lee. She is due in September. You may be thinking "oh how cute." Well, unfortunately our families share similar losses. She and her husband have also lost 3 babies to miscarriage. Like us, the doctors have never found a reason why they continue to miscarry. She and I would pray together about her desire for more children. She longed to be pregnant again and give Gracie a sibling. We believed beyond all reason that the Lord had a great plan for them. It has caused me to reflect on the precious gifts that our children are. Micah came to us through adoption. Had it not been for our precious babies already with Jesus, we would not have Micah! And then the unexpected blessing of Elizabeth! God's plan is perfect! Not sure why I ever doubt that! And now He has given us such a passion for other orphaned children. Cool how God's plan is all woven together. We celebrate together that NOTHING is impossible with God.
I am so thankful to tell you that she and baby are doing great! I am also thankful for the experiences in my life, as painful and earth shattering as they are. Because without this suffering in our lives, we would not know how to love those who also suffer. Now, I would love to have chosen a different road for us and others that lose precious babies; but God is continuing to use our loss for His gain. To Him be the glory! "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
On a lighter note, we also went to a Tractor birthday party for a friend, complete with donkeys, goats and chickens! We were supposed to be feeding the animals the crackers: Micah and Elizabeth were eating them as fast as they could! I really do feed them! I will leave you with a few pics!
3 comments:
Hey girl!! It is so good to hear from you! You have such a beautiful family too! Can you believe we are 30, married with kids?? I still feel like I am 'college aged'.... until I see an actual college student.... then I feel old as dirt. :-) We are living in Cary. Where are you guys?
That was such a touching post! Very good points, I think. And congratulations to your cousin!
Meredith, I can totally identify with what you are saying. I would not have chosen to go through the pain and disappointment and loss that we have, but now I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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