Babies

Babies--they are so great. Sadly I can no longer have babies. It is a door the Lord closed and it was brutal to have to face it. Technically I'm middle aged, so it isn't the sort of crushing news you can imagine, yet I still started crying last year when the doctor told me that to fix my problem, that would be the outcome. 

Sometimes we have to make decisions we never imagined we'd be making. 

Isn't life like that? 

We make plans, but God directs our steps if we are faithful to Him and following. 


Tomorrow I'm watching a baby all day because the Dad has cancer and has appointments. It will be a hard day for the Dad. He didn't plan this to be a part of his life just a few short years after marrying. When he and his wife began the process of fostering to adopt, it never occurred to them she may be raising their young son alone. Yet, the day they got a call that the papers were all going through just fine, he got a call about his biopsy earlier that week. 

We make plans, but God directs our steps if we are faithful to Him and following. 

Sometimes we have to make decisions we never imagined we'd be making. 

Isn't life like that? 

Two people fall in what they think is love. Plans start to be made and expectations start to build. Dreams are dreamed and hopes rise. Then the Lord closes a door and it is brutal to have to face it. 

Isn't life like that?

We make plans, but God directs our steps if we are faithful to Him and following. 

Sometimes we have to make decisions we never imagined we'd be making. 

 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make straight your paths. 7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. ESV Proverbs 3:5-7

Where God is, there is always hope for the born again believer. If we are obedient to the Word, we'll find blessings beyond anything we could ask for or imagine. Life will not be free from problems, but God is faithful and He does not leave nor forsake His children. He is a God of details and He has a design for our lives to bring Him glory that go so far beyond our day to day. It isn't about us; it is about God. The more we remember that, the better off we, His children, will be.