How Are You?

Well, it has been over a month since my last post....so that's lame. It feels like I have been going non-stop with work and family life and I am finally able to come up for air. 

I wanted to share the amazing things that God did in my little life in the days and weeks after my third miscarriage. 

First, I felt very loved by my friends and family. You were all incredibly caring and encouraging and I got a lot of "how are you?s" It was wonderful to be cared for like that. 

More importantly, God cared for me. I had always heard of people talk about a peace that they would feel when they were going through a difficult trial. I wondered how they did it--they always said that the peace didn't come from them, that it came from the Lord. 

The Lord blessed me with a peace that surpasses all understanding--that's how I know it is from Him! I still cannot comprehend how peaceful I feel about it all. I can actually LAUGH about it. Like that lady in the Proverbs...you know, the one who laughs at her future? I never thought I would get to a place where I could laugh about all of this. 

I was having dinner with a friend recently. She has had 7 miscarriages. Or maybe it was 5? I don't know. The point is, it was A LOT. I asked her how she got through it all and her response was, "well, I guess I just thought that hanging on a cross was so much worse." 

I've been marinating on that statement for awhile now, and I hope you do too. 

My friend explained to me that she just learned to accept what the Lord had planned for her life--if this is what He had planned for her to do, then she would do it. 

Don't get me wrong. Accepting all of this and running with it is the hardest part. But it is only hard if you do it without God. 

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30