Thinking of Carter at 14....

HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY, CARTER!

One would think that it would get easier as the birthdays come year after year.  But it seems harder, as we imagine our child another year older and very aware of the years that we have missed.  We have missed watching Carter grow up.

As we walk this broken road, we know that there is nothing other than Christ that can fulfill us.  We look forward to the coming day when we can be with Him forever and see our children again. 

"Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord." Psalm 27:14.

There will be a day when we can put all of our suffering and tears behind us and spend eternity with the ones we love..... we can spend eternity with our precious children! We have to keep on trusting that God's ways are higher than our ways.

"My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts," says the Lord. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9.

Praying that the Lord will strengthen us from within to walk in the plans that He has for us, even when its hard. Praying that the Lord will enable us to trust Him in all things. We are hanging on by the grip of God.