I can have faith in God!

Need to know this week:: "I can have faith in God"

Today during KidSpring I asked my little kiddos what are some things we have faith in but we cannot see...the example we used was "air". So I said how do we know it is there all the time?? One special response was this::
"we know it is there because when people's lungs get hurt, doctors fill their lungs back up with air so that they can live again" Haha such an honest and true answer! In the same exact way God can breathe new life into us!

We talked about Noah and how he had to have faith in God that there truly was a huge flood coming. I've heard that story since I was a little girl and each time I learn something new. The wonderful children I have the pleasure of meeting and spending time with on Sundays have no clue how they are impacting my life. Their childlike faith is something we should work harder at as adults. For them, it is so simple. Just like breathing air. Their is no stipulations with them having faith in God. Children dont say "ok God if you are real then perform something magical or give me something in return". They just...have faith and believe.

I truly believe that the older we get we have times where we go through difficult periods in our life and question...is God really there? Where are You in all of this?

In the past couple of weeks I have been so down about my grandmother and not understanding why she has to be so sick. I looked at her and knew her time was near. But the hardest part is knowing that I am not losing a grandmother...im losing a mother too. My granny stepped in and gave of her love, assistance with school, her love for music, sharing her Godly heart, and showing me that it is better to give than receive. She wanted to see me marry a Godly husband and graduate from nursing school. That is what we always talked about and I am so grateful that she got to witness both.

The absence of my actual mother in my life has impacted me in so many ways. It is so unfortunate that she has missed out on some of the absolute best moments in my brother and I's lives. I feel so sorry for her every single day. But the blessing in it all is that Alex and I both have had the wonderful pleasure of not having just one mother...but several mother figures in our life that make up for not having our actual mother. We are also so grateful for a father who makes up for that loss every single day. We are grown ups now, and yet he still calls us and checks on us all the time to see how we are and how he can help us with anything we are dealt.

Through the pain, I am filled with so much joy that Daniel and I get to be parents to a beautiful baby this coming February. I know with my whole heart the mother I want to be and the one God is molding me to be. I don't have to let go of this baby. I can be present! I can't see the future, but I have faith in God and the future He has prepared for us. Through the hurdles...God is just asking us to hold on...just hold on...there is a blessing coming and I am going to use you in big ways! We just have to have faith!

So as we go through out this week...let's try having childlike faith in all that we face!