I love crawling into our nest and Kindling with my man....
What am I currently reading?
"Hearing Jesus Speak Into Your Sorrow" by Nancy Guthrie
~ and this spoke straight to my heart...
HEAR JESUS SPEAK
As He Gives You More of Himself
When you ask me to bless your plans and projects, I wonder if you really know what you are asking for. To be blessed is to experience and know more of me. To ask me to bless your life and your efforts is to invite me into the center of it. That is the essence of blessing, the joy of it. Oh, how I long to bless you! I want to share from my abundance one gracious blessing after another.
To be blessed is to be deeply secure and content in me. It is to make your home so securely in me that nothing can shake you. You can be blessed in the midst of a miserable situation, because being blessed doesn't mean you have no trouble or struggle or sorrow; it doesn't mean you always experience success and comfort. It means that in the midst of the trouble and struggle and sorrow, you find deeply secure, profoundly content and happy in me.
To know me and walk with me and share life with me is the essence of blessing. And the truth is, it is the hard things in your life that cause you to want to know me more intimately, walk with me more closely, and share life with me more fully. That is why in the losses of life, you can find yourself blessed beyond your imagination or expectation. Because you have found more of me in these hard places. You've moved from just hearing my Word, to living it - putting it to the test. You're finding that giving is better than receiving, neediness is better than self-sufficiency, trust is better than worry. You've discovered that my Word is true, my joy is your strength, my promises are your hope, my presence is your comfort.
~from "Hearing Jesus Speak Into Your Sorrow"Others may look at the sorrow of your situation and express regret. But when you get to the bottom of your grief and find more of me than you've experienced and known before, you can look other people in the eye and say, "Please don't feel sorry for me. I am incredibly blessed," and really mean it.
I. am. blessed.
LOVE THIS POST!
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I never met Lydia, yet all this week I have thought of ya'll. Monday, during a basketball game my brother hit his head on the floor and immediately began seizing. He is 14. I was thinking about the words you have written and they were comforting as we waited for him to wake up. I thought of Lydia when shortly after waking he told me "it wouldn't be a big deal if I died. I would be in Heaven and I can't wait for that" Thank you for being such an encouragement!
ReplyDeleteAnd we are continually blessed by you!
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog and read your story and previous posts. Thank you for sharing. Your story blessed me in so many ways that I can't begin to put into words. Your family is an inspiration. You will be in my continued prayers.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing what you were reading. I needed to read it too.
I have followed your family for some time now & I have had Lydia on my mind extra heavy this week. I sat up late one night just reading your blog & thinking about the pain you are going through for I know that road all to well myself. I lost my 10 day old son in December 2010 to a rare genetic disease called Non Ketotic Hyperglicinemia (NKH). We never knew Jayden was sick until he was 4 days old that is when the disease started showing it's ugly face. I have learned alot the past 13 months & I would like to think my faith has grown stronger through these trials. I also have craved Heaven more in the past 13 months than I have in my 31 years of life. Reading about Papa tonight breaks my heart but knowing he sees Lydia's face makes me smile. My Grandmother passed 3 months after my baby boy & she also saw him the days before she entered Heaven. You are such an amazing woman, an inspiration to so many & you have touched my life in many ways.Thank you for sharing you story with us, thank you for sharing your faith! Please know you have many praying for you, your dear husband & sweet boys. We also are lifting Papa up in prayers. God Bless you all!
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