Eight months have passed since I gave birth to baby Drew. Sigh. No rolly-poly baby to watch crawling around. No giant belly laughs to melt my heart. No late night nursing while the rest of the house sleeps. No firsts to celebrate. No babbles to be heard. It's been a roller coaster. While I am very much still grieving, I can see God's hand at work in our lives, and for that I am thankful. I have met and shared life with so many great women because of our losses. Each of these special ladies I count as blessings.
Speaking of blessings...we had the opportunity to see Laura Story at Joyful Noise this year. Her song, Blessings, has really spoke to my heart this year. We have this idea of how our lives should go. We plan, scheme, and micromanage to keep things working our way. If all is going as we planned, we may even become a little prideful about having things all figured out. But what happens when your world falls apart? When tragedy strikes? Cancer, illness, death, poverty, divorce...they all happen in this life. What is even more maddening for control freaks like myself...we have NO control. We are not in charge. Yikes! But what if, the plans we have for ourselves are not the best plan for us in the whole scheme of things? Maybe, the pain we suffer and the bumpy roads we travel through are leading to our eternal destination. What would it profit a man to gain the whole world, but lose his soul? Mark 8:36. For me this means, I could have my perfect little life that I had designed here on earth, at the risk of never coming to a place of recognizing my need for Jesus, and never have the opportunity to spend eternity with him in heaven. Would I want to gain all that this world has to offer and not partake in the life to come? Never! Then why do we get so caught up in the here and now? Focusing on the temporary and the unimportant. Often so much, that it distracts from our relationship with God and others. Let this song speak to your heart, Blessings.
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