Blessings in Unexpected Places

This has been one crazy emotional wild month, or two or three or maybe four, for my family. WOW! I feel like a crazy lady some days :)

There has been wedding plans, school plans, redoing school plans, work craziness, and yes, even church busyness.... and then the unexpected shows up. My mind is still trying to catch up with it all.

But here's the thing...in the midst of all of this wild crazy stuff, God has placed huge blessings in my life, even in the unexpected places. Places I would have never looked or even want to take a gander at. Here's a little of what has made my mind a tad crazy :)

                                       HUGE BLESSING......                                 
Tomorrow, my 22 yr old son is marrying the wife that God created and saved for him. Two beautiful people that God formed for each other. If you know these two, you know exactly what I mean. This is a beautiful thing for me. My baby boy  is leaving his mother to cleave to his bride. WOW! My heart leaps everytime I think about it. I am so crazy blessed by this. Can you tell???

                                     Now, for the unexpected....
In the middle of these wedding plans, there has been pain in the lives of two of my daughters.

One who, though her pain, has grown in trusting in her LORD as her Father.  Before, she could never grip Him as Father for so many reasons due to her earthly idea of daddy. Praise God for this! It is only something God could have done through her circumstance. Easy, not at all, but overjoyed at what He allowed her to overcome! YAY!!! Still has a journey, but she understands Who she is journeying with now :)

The other daughter, is facing a complete life change, one that she never believed she would have to face the way she is. Did she fall down and grieve, yes. Did she repent, yes. Is her life still changing, yes. Will she press on, yes!!! Will the blessings flow, yes!! The situation was completely unexpected for all of us for sure. But the blessings to come....WOW!

I know that some of you reading this know the things I am writing about and I thank you for your friendship and continuous prayer. Many of you know the situation in the life of one or both of my girls and your unconditional love for them and for me is a gift that I cherish daily!

So as I look back over the craziness....the interruptions and unplanned, unexpected circumstances, I SEE MY GOD IN ALL OF IT. Waiting to bless us, waiting for us to cling to Him, waiting to hold us close as we cry in our storm and rejoicing with us in the morning! How can I know be inlove with my KING!!

MY GOD IS ENOUGH! That feels so wonderful to say. Go ahead, say it out loud. I think you want to :)

Season of Grace

This last month as been quite a journey for my family. We have shed tears, became angry, repentant, loving and healed...still being healed :)

Just a few weeks ago, my world as a mom was rocked quite a bit by the news from my daughter. My beautiful daughter who loves the LORD so much was broken. Her heart was broken over something and I immediately remembered that same heartbreak. At that moment, God reminded me what He had done for me during my time. He held me close, even when I just wanted to shut down and run, give up and almost make the most tragic mistake of my life. Something I would have carried for years. PRAISE GOD for His intervention. It literally saved a life that day :)

So, as I let all of this soak in, I still have those tearful moments that a mommy heart will have, but it is followed by moments of joy and excitement over the new joy that is coming.

 No matter what comes our way, we are held by a mighty hand that will not let me or my children go. NEVER...HE PROMISED!! That alone makes my heart overflow with hope. We belong to Him...because of Christ, we are overcomers!

Kay Arthur said something that really touched my heart....she said "there is always light that follows darkness, there is always day that follows night". So, even in this difficult, crazy time, His grace will be sufficient for us because we are clinging to the hope of our calling as a children of the LIGHT. Nothing else can hold me, or my beautiful child. Nothing, not even a situation or circumstance, can change who we are in our precious Jesus!!

His Grace holds us!