Rejoice in the Lord Always

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS; I WILL SAY IT AGAIN: REJOICE – Philippians 4:4

This is a verse that keeps popping up in my head and even when I reading something – not that I find that to be a coincidence. God is not coincidental. He knows that His words will help us find peace.

Yesterday was a rough day. Coming off of Sunday, on a day that we wished we could be at our church to celebrate with our church family the joy of Brenda being pregnant. A day where we desired to just be with our youth group kids. Like Sundays used to be. Though, we had a wonderful time attending my parent’s church – so refreshing. Monday was reality that Sundays at our church will never occur like they used to. It was a lonely day. We are realizing that this is all starting to hit us a little more each day, but in different ways.

Even though yesterday was hard, we received a few visits and cards, and today, many more. I sit here tonight just think WOW, God! You saw our pain. You saw our tears. You heard our cries for help. Today was an AWESOME day. Yes, I said AWESOME.

I know I’ve recently said this, but friends and family, we cannot thank you enough for your random acts of kindness. We have not cried much in this process because we are still a little numb – but I have found myself tearing up so often over people’s kindness. I have printed SO many emails to store in my “baby binder” because they have been so encouraging. All the cards we have received. I keep them all. They are a true representation of the beauty of being in the body of Christ.

Psalm 70:4 says: But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The LORD is great!”

Today God has helped us say THE LORD IS GREAT. Not that God’s greatness was less yesterday. Trust me, it wasn’t. It was my trust in HIM, that was less. We know that healing needs to occur and that this whole process will just take time. But we look at Brenda and see the joy that God has given us through their friendship and now our babies, we just have to remember THE LORD IS GREAT. Rejoice in Him always.

I honestly despise having bad days like yesterday. That is not me. But in a way I almost need them to make me more dependent on God.

This afternoon it was another gorgeous day so I headed to the beach. It was quite windy, so for 2 hours I just listened to the waves (I may or may not have dozed off for awhile…). What peace that brought me. That though the wind and waves may come, I can look up and see blue sky and a “light” at the end of the tunnel (the sun). And yet God is in them all. He isn’t just waiting at the end of the tunnel – He is walking with us. He has gone before us, but is also showing us the way.

Isn’t the LORD GREAT?

I realize that my posts are probably so “up and down”, but that shows the emotions of this journey. It is no mistake that God takes us through the storms of life because God doesn’t make mistakes. It is no mistake that God has taken us to this because He wanted to grow us and teach us to rely on Him in ALL circumstances.

God just does not make mistakes. Now THAT makes me REJOICE!