So many dear friends are apart from their children. This time apart brings darkness in their lives. Oceans, continents, thousands of miles separate them from their children.
Families that met months ago, families legally bound together, but still their children sit with no family.
For some of them, these children have been "moved" to locations that are unknown. Parents don't know how to find their children.
These times apart are so dark. There seems like there is no feasible end to the separation. Families feel alone, children are alone. Darkness.
My heart aches for these families and their children. I cannot imagine.
All of it a huge mess...a huge heart-wrenching mess.
No, I am not asking for processes to be sped along or for shortcuts to be made. I want these families to be united in a way that is above the board and ethically.
But I am praying and asking the Lord to comfort those involved, to fill those dark, void spaces in their heart (or at least ease the pain), and to be close to these families and children. To bring resolution and movement.
“Wasn’t that too His way with Moses?
“When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back” (Exodus 33:22-23 NIV)
Is that it? When it gets dark, it’s only because God has tucked me in a cleft of the rock an covered me, protected, with His hand? In the pitch, I feel like I’m falling, sense the bridge giving way, God long absent. In the dark, the bridge and my world shakes, cracking dreams. But maybe this is the true reality: It is in the dark that God is passing by. The bridge and our lives shake not because God has abandoned, but the exact opposite: God is passing by. God is in the tremors. Dark is the holiest ground, the glory passing by. In the blackest, God is closest, at work, forging His perfect and right will. Though it is black and we can’t see and our world seems to be free-falling and we feel utterly alone, Christ is most present to us, I-beam supporting an earthquake. Then He will remove His hand.
Then we will look.
Then we will look back and see His back.”
~Ann Voskamp
Praying for each of you my sweet friends. Praying for this darkness to pass. Praying and trusting that in the darkness the Lord's glory is passing by, and that He is working. Praying over each of your children tonight. Praying as that is all I know to do right now.
Will you join me in praying for so many families. The Lord knows the details...just pray where He leads. I will be praying at 1:00 PM EST tomorrow (Tuesday). Will you join me?
This past week Wes took the week off to spend some time with Luke. We took him to the zoo last Tuesday with his cousin Max for the first time. He was not very interested in the animals but loved having a picnic lunch. We did little things with him all week long and it was so much fun. We would love to have gone somewhere but Luke just gets so overstimulated it is easier to stay home and have his bed close by. Luke is doing better and better these days and is starting to break more of his orphan walls down. I may take years to get them all down but for the most part he is right on tract. I think once we realized what was happening it helped him out even more. Easter was wonderful for our family. We spent time with both of our families and Luke got to play with is cousins. It has done nothing but rain here therefore the ground has stayed in a state of mush.....I let Luke have at it in his Easter best! He found muddy puddle after muddy puddle and had a blast! Luke is a joy to be around and each day we feel more blessed that we got the opportunity to be his parents....tantrums and all!
