God's Calling Us to...
HOPE IN HIS HIGHEST WAYS ~
"Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him." JOB 13:15 -
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SOMETIMES our lives are so mundane. Each and every day mimics the day before. Though each day is filled with particulars, when a friend asks, "What's new," you struggle to answer with something fresh. My life was much like that. Though in different areas of marriage, career, and parenthood I had struggles, nothing had touched my life with as many life experiences as the day my daughter went into liver failure and cystic fibroses. Since that day, we have had God literally redefine what a family is about, rediscover our heart motivations and what is important and the things that really don't matter.
After two long years of life-threatening struggle in the hospital, we moved to a new city to be close to Olivia's doctors. The wonderful thing was we were closer to my mom, Olivia's Nana. My husband started a different career, and I became a stay-at-home mom. Financially it was a very hard struggle with the economy so down, but we survived. It was more important to us to be together as a family. Unfortunately, after six months of being in our new city, my mother was diagnosed with a rare lymphoma cancer. The next year has been one long hospital stay for her with very aggressive chemo treatment and three bone marrow transplants. We are still awaiting an outcome for her as she struggles to keep her strength and we surround her with our love to give her support.
Through so many struggles, we have learned that God ultimately has our best in mind. It is very hard to watch your child and your mother struggle to survive, but if you can imagine...we have seen so much good through it as well. Our family is so strong! Before, the little things were tearing at the very fabric of our marriage; now it just doesn't matter. We have learned the true meaning of unconditional love. So, "Though He slay me, yet I will trust Him"- means just that. Because every trial, every hurt, every broken heart has the opportunity to give a glimpse of who we are and the chance to hand it over to God and heal.
--BARBARA KING
God's Calling...
FOR ME
'Life brings with it a lot of difficulty. Can we trust Him when things are at their lowest? When we are at our weakest? God can do anything He wants to do with us. But His love for us means a never-ending Friendship ready to call upon in our darkest hour.
Calling Out
--TO GOD ~~
You are Emmanuel, God with us. We cry out and You hear us. 'We praise You because we are fearfully and wonderfully made.' Thank you, Lord that you will NEVER leave us.
