Its funny how in life we get so distracted but our trials. My husband and I were talking about how many blessing we have gotten through the trails we have gone through. As a mom of eight and four adopted sometimes all I can see is the trial at hand. forgotten all i gained over the last few years. All the life long friendships the Lord has given me. Had we said 'no' to the Lord ,on His will.We would have never gained. During my quite time the Lord walked me through each trail. and each blessing He had given me. Wow, I missed the big picture! each trial has brought out a sinful part of me that God had wanted me to give up. It was painful but oh so worth it. I read somewhere a adoptive dad was being interview, he was just starting his second or third adoption. The person asked him ' aren't you worried about the kids you have at home? you have gone through so much, why do it again?' .I loved the dads answer, " no, this is not about us, the Lord never said following Him would be comfortable.' And there it is, He never said when we say yes to Him , He would make everything a walk in the park. But what He did say was that you wouldn't go through it alone. After a really hard week at home I vented to a sweet friend. She was a little blow away, I hope I didn't scare her away from adopting. After I got done talking, all she could say was 'adoption is raw'. Yes, it is but it is still worth it! Everyone goes through trails, not everyone goes through the same ones. I wrote a book this last year. Not sure it will go anywhere but saved in my computer but I will share the end of it here.
'Learning to Dance in the rain'
Life is about learning to dance in the rain. My rain storm may not look like yours but it’s still a storm. As each new rain drop falls God pulls me in closer, teaching me new things. Healing hearts that are broken and loving us even when we don’t deserve it. He is my umbrella the one you sustains me. Sure I am not perfect and neither are my children. But we were created in the eye of a God who believes in us. Who is willing to take the time to show us how to dance. This dance isn't always easy. Believe me step on many toes. But it is worth every moment; every rain drop that falls teaches us something new about how much our God truly loves us. And some day we will see that rain cloud coming and we will meet it with our rain boots. Ready to go jump in the puddles. Because we will know that even when the rain falls we have a God who will be there. He will be working in us so we can see that beautiful rainbow at the end.
Our storms are there to teach us, not destroy us
All That to say don't get distracted by what you face today. God has a great plan for you trust Him whether life is comfortable or not....
