Thanksgiving

Luke is finally feeling better...after a trip to the ER it was decided that he had hand, foot and mouth virus (nasty lesions in his mouth and throat causing major pain)AND an ear infection. He did not eat for three days and he would only drink a little tiny bit of Sprite so needless to say he has lost 3 pounds:o( By Thanksgiving he was getting back to himself, sleeping and eating better. We enjoyed the holiday weekend with family and friends. We put up our Christmas things today and Luke was very excited with all of the twinkle, sparkle, music and lights. He now says "Hoppy Bir Day Jay's"!! This Christmas is going to be fun....last year was wonderful but this year is jam packed full of fun!!!!

Not so well baby...

Our little guy has been so sick but a trooper through it all. It is in these times of up all night, sick baby clung to my hip that I stop to praise God in my exhaustion for the sweet blessing he has given us. There once was a time of empty in our home so may these moments be a reminder of our joy.

Set Apart

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?