“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 (NIV)
I am so thankful that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Yes, I do feel like God is closer to me somedays than other days, but I imagine most Christians experience this BUT I also know who moved! When I feel like God isn’t there for me, I know whose fault it is. I know that I am a child of the King and nothing can take that away from me. That is a pretty awesome gift and promise. Thank you, Lord, for this gift.
Yesterday, I didn’t know what I was going to do for Lent. A friend that reads my blog regularly, but has only publicly commented once (wink, wink Beth!), sent me this I don’t know if I can do 40 bags in 40 days, but if I could get 10 bags of stuff out of the house I would be happy. When I shared this with my husband he said, “how big are the bags?”
I have to make a road trip today, so that will take up most of my day.
Lord, thank you for the wonderful gift of your son. Thank you for the season of Lent that gives me time to reflect on my relationship with you in a different manner. Thank you for my family, the blessing you have given me. Please give me safe travels today. Bless my family and those reading this blog. Thank you, Lord, for all you have done for me.
Blessings…..thanks for stopping by. What are you thankful for today?
As the weeks have drug on it has been easy for me to lose hope.
Will things ever get back to some type of normal? People were not created to live in isolation.
Will we be able to see someone smile or will we always look at them and only see their eyes?
Will people gather without having to sit 6’ apart?
I don’t know the answer and I’m not posting this to debate the news media’s portrayal of the pandemic.
I’m sharing this today because I spent some time with the Lord thanking him for the things I DO have and not focusing on the things I don’t have. The things I have lost since March.
I looked up scriptures about hope.
I made a list in my prayer journal of things I’m grateful for.
Life goes on. Life crisis continues even during this pandemic. People die naturall and tragically. And babies are born. And weddings happen and new lives begin.
This crisis in our world isn’t a surprise to God.
And my hope and security is in Him.
If you scroll through the photos, you see things that made me smile this morning and reminded me of the goodness of God - even now.
With all the grief and sadness in the world I wasn’t sure how I would handle today. How I would allow myself to grieve this loss? Today when there has so much WRONG in our world. In a post @deidrariggs shared today she reminded us that life goes on. And I realized that today this is my life. And I can grieve this loss. My life goes on... I am thankful for the 4 days we had her. On Friday I will remember each event of her last day and I will remember her dying in my arms.
And I will be both sad and grateful. #infantloss #trisomy18 #stlouischildrenshospital
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