I hate storms. I don't like the real ones with thunder and lightening nor the personal ones we sometimes have to face. I have gone so far as to refuse to pray for spiritual growing opportunities because, as humans, we typically grow threw trials (Why can't we just learn the easy way?). All that being said, last year my heart was broken for my marriage and for my relationship with my Heavenly Father. I asked for him to draw me closer to himself and my husband no matter how painful it was. Yes, this woman afraid of storms asked for the perfect storm.
I always say to be careful what you pray for. This year has been a very hard storm to endure. God has kept me safe and secure and calm through it all. His reassurances came at exactly the right times. My relationship with my husband has grown as has my respect for all he does as a husband and father.
Thank you Lord for this opportunity to grow.
3 comments:
Wow! You are one brave woman! Not sure I could pray that, or that I could endure the trials that the two of you have faced with such grace and composure. I am praying that God will flood your lives with His abundant blessings from here on out!
Not brave but maybe a little crazy ;) thanks for the blessings.
This last year has been a time of major tails in our marriage, there where times when I made sure I paid extra on my life insurance not knowing if I'd be there much longer for my wife and kids. My wife has had to be a single parent, take on burdens and stress all this past year by herself. While I'd struggle to get healthy. Most of my time was spent in bed or in the bathroom. Through this last year though as a family we have grown closer to each other both physically, mentally and spiritually. Our spiritual growth as a family has jumped leaps and bounds. I'm seeing my boys grow stronger in faith and prayer along with a desire for our time when we read together God's word. During our 9 months of struggling both Amanda and I took on additional challenges with children in our community to provide them with opportunities to get out of there home and spend time with us and learn and see examples of our Christian faith and the love we have for them. Even during times when were were going through trails we never gave up on our faith. Yes we had days of why God, but the faith never faded, seems each time we came across a day of why's this just brought our faith on stronger and our listening to God had more understanding. As we took on 33 days ago a 40 days of prayer, during this time we had great days of prayer for healing. Then with 15 days left my healing took a backward step where everything we had prayed about was destroyed. Yes the why's came out, but we continued to pray and be faithful. Within a week and having 7 days to go in this 40 days of prayer I can begin the remaining days with praise to God. In the last 3 days God coordinated everything to go smoothly with me talking Dr's into having surgery to correct the colon and get normalcy back into my life. Yesterday I was safely eating foods and recovering with leaps and bounds in the hospital. With 7 more days left God deserves the Glory. I can see now an opportunity to go to China and get our daughter where just over a week ago I was sure I wasn't going to make the trip. Always stay faithful to God no matter how bad the storm, stick it out as the broken road will come to an end and there will be sun shining at the other end. Keep the faith, read every day and love your God with all your heart, mind and soul.
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