Hey Rick, What's that song?

Woke up this morning thinking about the VBS song we used to sing, This Little Light of Mine. Did y'all sing that? This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine and then it goes on to say the devil is going to blow it out. Not gonna let that happen. It went something like that and if it wasn't 7:30am I'd look up the exact words but that's not what's important here. Just to let everyone know who's kept up with the blog since the summer, we are good. Our family is doing well and our lives are truly blessed.  We  still have days where Rick and I look at each other and say, they just let her go, they literally gave us their child to finish raising and they never looked back. We are still in disbelief over that and it hurts our hearts so very much for her. But, with that being said, we keep moving forward doing our best for all our children. We are however waiting on a couple of things to happen and I've felt the devil creeping in saying, you know what it's not going to happen. Praying and waiting and not getting the answers we've asked for can be exhausting and so frustrating. And, the devil says just stop. Give up, see I told you it's not worth it. The easy thing would be to just do that, give up. You're right devil. Oh I can just see him laughing and loving that. He doesn't know us very well. We are human we get tired but we do not give up. If anything I will pray harder and more often and post prayers all around the house. Ha, I know that sounds crazy but it's true. I will not let that snake get the best of me or this family. So if you are reading this please add us to your list of prayers. It doesn't have to be a big long lengthy prayer, just something quick and simple. I will never let the devil blow our light out. We've been steadfast and even though we do not understand everything we will trust the path we are being led. And, during all of the doubts and times of anger and not understanding, we really are good. We are healthy and we have good jobs and wonderful family and friends. During this journey, I've learned to be real and honest. I've learned spiritual warfare is real but God always wins. Love always wins. 

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